Joanne Grüne-Yanoff

 G R A V I T Y September 28-NOV 4, 2023 Galleri Duerr, Stockholm

A soundscape of layers including birdsong, the flapping of wings during taking off, and a subtle heartbeat welcomes visitors into the exhibition G R A V I T Y by Swedish-American artist Joanne Grüne-Yanoff. The sounds are evocative and lay the groundwork for the exhibition which unfolds into three scenes spread throughout the gallery’s rooms.

Grüne-Yanoff is an interdisciplinary artist working across video, sound, sculpture, photo-based images and drawing. Accompanying this process is a character she has developed: Cassandra, who metaphorically embodies Grüne-Yanoff’s practice - that of a grounded being who looks up to the sky, thinking about flight.

In sculpture, soundscapes and wall works, Cassandra appears, flapping and jumping repeatedly into the skies. These small gestures of enacted imagination provide Cassandra with strength; In the jumps she finds freedom. As gravity returns her home, she carries air, and flight.

The first room of Gravity invites visitors to walk through a series of connections to the exhibition, allowing glimpses into the artist’s working methods. Props for Cassandra, artist sketches and notes, curious assemblages, and the soundscape foreshadow the exhibition’s narrative.

In the main space of the gallery a series of unique lenticular prints show Cassandra  flapping and jumping, often wearing the props we saw in the first room. These lenticular works are video stills which Grüne-Yanoff has combined into unique prints that move when the viewer walks by.

In the third room is Grüne-Yanoff’s award-winning short film The Cassandra Cycle: Memory, which tells a version of Cassandra’s story through film.

Ultimately, in G R A V I T Y, Grüne-Yanoff builds a world that is as surreal as it is universal.

Opening Reception 28/9 kl 17-20    Galleri Duerr    Hudiksvallsgatan 6

Text: Anne Klontz Image: Cassandra’s Quiet (Skebobruk), 2023, Unique Lenticular on Aludibond, 70 x120 cm

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