Ditte Ejlerskov

Ditte Ejlerskov (born 1982) is a Danish contemporary artist. She was born in Frederikshavn, Denmark, and lives and works in Denmark. In 2017 her official portrait of Helle Thorning-Schmidt at Christiansborg was positively received by local critics.[1][2][3]

Parts of Ejlerskovs artistic process consist of interaction with the Internet. Everything from written correspondence with email-scammers, paparazzi photographs downloaded from Google and contemporary music videos are brought into Ejlerskovs universe. With simultaneous disdain and fascination, Ejlerskov started to use Rihanna as a motif in her work. A few years ago Ejlerskov was drawn to Barbados, Rihanna’s home country, after an email correspondence with an Internet scammer. The scammer and Ejlerskov exchanged a series of emails, all of which was turned into a book and a film before she again started to focus on the painting. Ejlerskov's work investigate thematic and perceptual experiences pertaining to her generation, but also with references to post-colonial and post-feminist ideas. A large part of her work deals with contemporary pop-culture, where the purpose is to draw attention to what is happening in the intermediate positions, between the private and public space.[4]

The main tool in Ditte Ejlerskov's practice is media literacy. Most of Ejlerskov's work is founded on interactions with the Internet; written correspondences with email-scammers from exotic parts of the world, translations of trashy paparazzi photos into large scale abstract paintings or detailed medieval-looking copperplate etchings based on imagery from a contemporary music video. Her abstract and representational paintings analyse and explore the potential of painting as medium itself, as well as they are tools for interpreting our contemporary reality.[5][6][7][8]

Most of Ejlerskov's work has a feminist angle [9][10][11] and questions the space between the personal and the public; suggesting an individual experience within a stream of collective consciousness. The work "About: The Blank Pages" is a collaboration with EvaMarie Lindahl and it highlighrs Taschen Basic Art - a book series that consists of 95 books of artists's biographies, 5 of which are of women artists.[12][13][14][15][16]

Exhibitions

Ejlerskov has mainly exhibited at institutions in Sweden. For example at Malmö Konsthall[8] in Malmö, at Malmö Art Museum[17] in Malmö, at Skissernas Museum in Lund,[18] Uppsala Konstmuseum[19] in Uppsala and at Konstakademin[20] in Stockholm. She has also exhibited in Norway at Kristiansand Kunsthall in Kristiansand [21] and at Stenersenmuseet in Oslo,[22][23] at Den Frie Udstillingsbygning and Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen, Denmark, at CCA Andratx[24] in Andratx, Spain, at Bonn Art Museum[25] in Bonn, Germany, at Amos Anderson Art Museum[26] in Helsinki, Finland and at Barbara Davis Gallery in Houston, Texas, US. Ejlerskov was nominated for Carnegie Art Award 2012.[27]

Reviews

References
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  2. https://www.b.dk/politiko/saadan-har-du-aldrig-set-helle-thorning-foer
  3. https://www.information.dk/kultur/2017/04/statsministerportraettet-helle-thorning-schmidt-viser-kvindeikon-mandeklubben
  4. http://www.http Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine://www.kristiansandkunsthall.no/utstillinger
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  10. http://www.liberation.fr/culture/2015/06/08/ditte-ejlerskov-un-bon-coup-de-minaj_1325420
  11. http://kopenhagen.dk/magasin/magazine-single/article/bow-down-bitches-1/
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  13. NODE, André Pahl. "Kunstkritikk — Taschen under Fire". Kunstkritikk.com. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  14. "About: Blank Pages – feminist history in the making at Malmö Konsthall". Culturenordic.com. 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2012-10-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. http://www.kunstkritikk.com/nyheter/taschen-under-fire/
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2012-10-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2012-10-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. http://www.konstakademien.se/ Konstakademin
  21. http://www.kristiansandkunsthall.no/utstillinger/the-muse
  22. Stenersenmuseet
  23. https://www.carnegie.se/en/carnegie-art-award/artists-2012/archive/Artists2012/ditte-ejlerskov/
  24. http://www.ccandratx.com/en/p306/agenda_12/in-search-of-eden-by-johan-furaker-ditte-ejlerskov.html CCA Andratx
  25. http://www.kunstmuseum-bonn.de/
  26. http://www.amosanderson.fi/#page=e131&lang=fi
  27. Carnegie Art Award
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