Tove Storch

We are very pleased to present Tove Storch’s third solo show at our gallery. The exhibition title, Apple Romance, is taken from a text which forms part of the exhibition and is written by the freelance curator and writer Paola Paleari.⁠
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Encircled by Paola Paleari’s words, five sculptures fill the gallery space in close mutual dialogue. A striking common feature of the works is metal structures clearly bolted together, all of them supporting either heavy plaster or gossamer silk. The interplay of the materials, appearing almost erotic, dissolves the anticipated hierarchies and reactions of the interaction: the weight of liquid plaster deforms an ordered system of aluminium sheets fixed between frames while multiple layers of uneven pieces of silk in delicate shades of pink embrace a bed-like structure, cascading across the framework. The materials have all been dyed with liquid pigment, continuously working its way through the mass, creating a bubbly imprint with a flesh-like effect.

Tove Storch

Born in Denmark, 1981
Lives and works in Copenhagen, DK

In her eccentric and densely sensuous sculptures, Tove Storch investigates the interaction between material and motif. Oscillating between the everyday and the alien. Fueled by an intimate knowledge of the materials chosen, these works allow the contours of something figurative to emerge. Unpredictable and ambiguous, her works let their subjects make themselves known even as they simultaneously threaten to disappear into the realm of abstraction.

Storch is keenly interested in the limits and capabilities of materials. In some works she investigates the elasticity of silk, in others she portrays strong, rough metal as something pliable and limp. Treated with tenderness and precision, the materials reveal unknown aspects of themselves, their immediately apparent qualities receding in the articulation of something new and unexpected. Specifically, Storch often offsets tension and slackness in her study of different positions of strength: Can silk break down metal? How does the liquid shape the solid? What effect does time have on form? Through their colours, subject matter and attitudes, the works weave themselves into archetypal narratives about gender, romance and sexuality while also wrestling themselves loose from preconceived readings with quiet grace.

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Tove Storch: Apple Romance

Tove Storch
Apple Romance

August 26 – October 24, 2020
Glentevej 49, Copenhagen

Tove Storch

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Tove Storch: Apple Romance

Tove StorchApple Romance

August 26 – October 24, 2020Glentevej 49, Copenhagen

Tove Storch

Tove Storch
Apple Romance

August 26 – October 24, 2020
Glentevej 49, Copenhagen