| The Workshop of FreedomA retrospective exhibition with the artists Lis Zwick and Mette Aarre
25. May - 12. August 2012
On 25th May, the Women's Museum will open a retrospective
exhibition - The Workshop of Freedom - featuring the artists Lis
Zwick and Mette Aarre.
Both artists have their roots in the 1960s antiauthoritarian rebel
movements, where they and a number of prominent artists provided a
challenge to the establishment through happenings, experimental art
and rabid views.
They settled in the south of Sweden, Örkeljunga, on a farm,
Drakabygget, The Workshop of Freedom, in 1960. The driving forces
in this project were the two brothers Jørgen Nash and Asger Jorn.
The place became an art centre for several of today's leading
artists in painting, graphics, sculpture, literature and
film.
The place has had an enormous importance to Danish art
history.
Lis Zwick still lives at Drakabygget, now alone after living there
for many years with her husband Jørgen Nash, who died a few years
ago.
Mette Aarre lives a short distance away, in Ubbeboda, but still
uses Drakabygget's workshop when preparing her large enamels.
Both are still active artists with a very large production to their
names.
Lis Zwick is known for the always colourful and cheerful motives
that she often made together with Jørgen Nash.
Mette Aarre is known for her fantastic and colourful enamels and
collages that often deals with everyday life and nature.
In 1975, both women participated in the large women's exhibition
shown at both Charlottenborg in Copenhagen and at Malmø Kunsthal in
Sweden
The exhibition is shown throughout the summer.
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