Art Friday with this summer's big opening at Bildmuseet. We open a large retrospective exhibition with the land art pioneer Nancy Holt (USA) and an exhibition with the acclaimed comic artist Mats Jonsson. Plus first live gig by INVSN since 2018 in Umeå. _________________________________
ART FRIDAY WITH OPENING OPENING: NANCY HOLT OPENING: MATS JONSSON LIVE: INVSN DJ WORKSHOP BAR FREE ENTRANCE __________________________________
NANCY HOLT / INSIDE OUTSIDE Inside Outside is the first European retrospective of the work of Nancy Holt (1938–2014) and the most ambitious presentation ever of her multifaceted artistic oeuvre. A central figure in the New York art scene, Holt was a pioneer of land art, site-specific installation, video, and conceptual art. She was a member of a circle of artists that included Lucy Lippard, Joan Jonas, Richard Sierra and Robert Smithson, Holt’s partner.The exhibition includes films and video works, photographic series, concrete poetry, audio works and archive material, drawings, sketches and documentation of her land art work. Three major installations have been recreated, including Ventilation System, a playful sculpture covering several storeys indoors and outdoors, in dialogue with the architecture of Bildmuseet.
MATS JONSSON / STILL SÁMI It was not until the death of Mats Jonsson’s grandfather that his children and grandchildren discovered that they were Sámi. This secret had remained hidden in a bentwood box filled with documents from the grandfather’s time as a reindeer herder.
LIVE: INVSN INVSN is back with the first gig in Umeå since 2018 and the new album "Let The Night Love You" (released June 3). With band members from Refused, Masshysteri, Deportees, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Honungsvägen (the list can be made as long as you like), the band is closest to an institution in music-Umeå.