This is expressed through an exploration of the basic material of photography. Through double exposures, backlighting, chemical traces and the use of long shutter speeds, Kruse Jensen produces with strokes of light, the traces of what has already passed. The upcoming exhibition Places Beyond Places at Martin Asbæk Gallery takes as its starting point, among other things, in Rungstedlund and the Karen Blixen Museum, where Astrid Kruse Jensen will also be exhibiting from April 17, 2025.
Astrid Kruse Jensen is engaged in the essence of spaces and places, not only as something that surrounds us, but as something that arises and shapes us, as a state of being, a construct between perception and remembrance. The physical spaces captured in the works blend with the infinite structures of memory -
coming into being and being shaped through this interaction.
coming into being and being shaped through this interaction.
In the exhibition, the different places and spaces are woven together across time and place. In the works, Astrid Kruse Jensen enables the traces within the places to emerge, as fragments of their stories and ongoing meanings. The places exist as both pockets of time as well as thresholds for dreams, longing, inspiration,
memory and interpretation. These former personal spheres, as condensed reflections, become universal openings in the photographic surface that resonate states and existential timbre in an eternal now.
memory and interpretation. These former personal spheres, as condensed reflections, become universal openings in the photographic surface that resonate states and existential timbre in an eternal now.
Source: Martin Asbæk Gallery
