Mikael Hallstrøm: Deep Time

5 apr 202315 apr 2023

Deep Time is a visual meditation on processes of accumulation and change. The works in the exhibition are inspired by processes of geological and cosmological becoming and draw on the imagery and visual representations of natural sciences such as geology and astronomy. The concept of ‘deep time’ denotes the vast cosmic time in which our ephemeral human time is embedded. The exhibition presents three bodies of work on paper, watercolour works, pencil drawings and burned drawings – all of which are the result of slow processes of extensive and accumulative mark-making.

Mikael Hallstrøm (1979) is an autodidact Copenhagen-based visual artist and holds a master’s degree in social anthropology from the University of Copenhagen.He works conceptually and formally with the relationship between nature and culture. In his works, repetitive and accumulative mark-making is used asa way to explore the structures, meanings and visual potential of well-known materials such as pens, pencils, watercolours, paper and fire. Mikael Hallstrøm has participated in group exhibitions at Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Charlottenborg Kunsthal and Aarhus Kunsthal among others.