Jeppe Hein transforms SMK Thy into a creative world

SMK Thy launches its new season on 1 April, presenting an exhibition created by the internationally renowned artist #jeppehein. He transforms the Jutland satellite of the national gallery of #denmark into a creative and playful world, inviting visitors to bring the works of art to life with brushes, chalk, mirrors and blue paint.PRESS RELEASE

How are you today? How do you feel about the world around you? Can you let go of your thoughts and just be in the moment?

1 April sees the opening of this year's main exhibition at #smk Thy, Jeppe Hein: Under the Surface. Here, artist #jeppehein (b. 1974) encourages the museum's visitors to pause, open their minds, take a deep breath and notice how they feel.

Mingling humour and serious reflection, he invites you to enter a world with plenty of room for play, dialogue, creativity and contemplation. Here, visitors have the opportunity to put their personal stamp on the exhibition's four interactive works, all of which rely on the guests' participation to fully unfold.

"This is an invitation to activate your senses, to be inspired, to share your perspective, to open up your heart, to do something you are maybe not used to do, to step out of your comfort zone and to find out something about yourself that you were not aware of. What is under your surface? The answer is within you!" says #jeppehein.
 Jeppe Hein, Breathe with Me at Moderna Museet, 2022 Courtesy: KÖNIG GALERIE, Berlin, 303 GALLERY, New York, and Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen Photo: Åsa LundénBreathe with Me
On display in 'Pakhuset' at #doveroddekobmandsgard, the participatory works include Breathe with Me, which has been shown all over the world in places such as New York, Beijing and Stockholm.

Here, #jeppehein asks the guests to take a brush, dip it in blue paint and paint vertical brushstrokes on the wall in time with their exhale. During the exhibition period, a growing number of lines will appear, reflecting how we are all connected through our breathing and how we breathe the same air, regardless of where in the world we live.

In Today I feel like... visitors can pick up a piece of chalk from a local limestone quarry and use it to draw their current mood in one of the many circles marked out on the walls.
 
The museum also presents an all-new work created specifically for the exhibition in Thy. Here, #jeppehein collaborates with the photographer and local Thy resident Fredrik Clement, who has photographed the west coast of Thy with its crashing waves, surfers and sand. Under the Surface features five of these photographs, displayed on a grand scale. Using brush and paint, #jeppehein has added new details and layers to the scenes, and visitors are invited to do the same on smaller posters.Jeppe Hein, Today I feel like ... Right Here Right Now, 2022 Courtesy KÖNIG GALERIE, Berlin, 303 GALLERY, New York, and Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen Photo: WebStyleStory Have a mirror to spare?
Jeppe Hein is currently calling for mirrors in all shapes and sizes. The mirrors will be used in a reflective installation where audiences can take a loving, critical or investigative look at themselves and their surroundings.

Anyone who wants to lend a mirror to #smk Thy can drop it off at #doveroddekobmandsgard on March 30 and 31 or at the exhibition opening on 1 April, where #jeppehein will personally receive it. All lenders will receive a gift from #jeppehein as a thank you.