Jyllands-Posten and Politiken’s Forhal, in collaboration with ARoS, Kunsthal Aarhus, Godsbanen, and the Aarhus Visual Arts Center, present the exhibition Sissy Morphology by Aarhus Art Prize winner Mads Borre.
Borre poetically explores queerness in all its breadth: the quirks of nature, the untamed spirit of love, and mythical creatures converge in the exhibition, reflecting the ambiguous, colorful mosaic the world is made of. Tender infatuation and desire bloom in steel, silk velvet, and resin.
At the same time, the exhibition focuses on how past traumas for LGBTQ+ people remain embedded in the body and are passed down to future generations. For instance, art critic Mathias Kryger points out in his writing about the installation A Thousand Lost Handkerchiefs that the media historically contributed to the marginalization of homosexuals in their coverage of the AIDS crisis. Like ghost hunters, the world points to the underlying emotions in both historical and current societal debates about gender and identity, which the media house partakes in facilitating.
MADS BORRE is a graduate of The Jutland art Academy and Newcastle School of Arts. He has exhibited and performed at a.o ARoS, O-Overgaden Institute for Contemporary Art, Bergen Kunsthall, Museum KØN, Kunsthal Aarhus, and Den Frie Udstillingsbygning. In addition to recieving the Aarhus Art Prize Solo Awards in 2023, he was awarded the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Talent Prize in 2024.
JYLLANDS-POSTEN has in collaboration with ARoS, Kunsthal Aarhus, Godsbanen and Aarhus Visual Arts Center organized Aarhus Art Prize that each year celebrates the city’s art talents. The project is supported by the Købmand Herman Salling Foundation and the Jyllands-Posten Foundation. The exhibition is further supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, the Færch Foundation, the Gottfred & Gerda Eickhoff Foundation, and Aarhus Municipality.
