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Jochen Lempert: Flora Incognita
First Danish solo show for German biologist-turned-photographer Jochen Lempert: unframed black-and-white photographs of wings, insects, light and wind on water.
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A red admiral butterfly rests on a door handle, its shadow falling beside the lock on a white door. That is Vanessa atalanta Migration II (2019), by Jochen Lempert, who studied biology in Bonn, specialising in bee ecology, before turning to photography in the late 1980s.
This is his first solo show in Denmark, drawn from more than three decades of analogue black-and-white work. The prints hang unframed, in small groups spread along the walls. You walk into the skylit hall and the far wall holds six small pictures of breaking waves in a row, while a large print nearby looks straight into a morning glory toward its glowing centre.
No critic has reviewed the show yet. The prints are small and understated, with no colour or staging, and the kunsthal asks you to slow down. Admission is 95 DKK, 55 DKK for students and free under 16, with free entry on Wednesdays from 17:00. It is open until 19:00 on weekdays except Tuesday, when it is closed.
Look for
The red admiral on the door handle
In Vanessa atalanta Migration II (2019), a butterfly perches on a scuffed door handle, and its shadow lands on the white door next to the lock.
Inside a morning glory
Morning Glory (2019) hangs large and on its own: dark petals funnel in toward a bright white centre, shot from right at the mouth of the flower.
Six waves in a row
Look along the far wall of the skylit hall for six small prints of breaking waves, hung side by side in one line.
Plants as white shapes
One wall scatters small prints of plants as white silhouettes on black: a drooping flower bud, a single heart-shaped leaf, stalks and seed heads.
Good for
- Evening Visits
- Going Solo
Skip if
You want colour or spectacle: every print is small, unframed black and white, with no staging.
With kids
Under-16s get in free. The kunsthal lists no family programme for this show, which is quiet black-and-white photographs on the walls.
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- Jochen Lempert: Flora IncognitaCourtesy of Kunsthal Charlottenborg
- Sending all my love — Vintage Postcards from the Middle EastCourtesy of The David Collection
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- Henrik Vibskov: The ExhibitionPhoto: Josefina Eikenaar / Designmuseum Danmark
- Kunsthal CharlottenborgKevin Wallis / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
- The David CollectionOrf3us / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
- Thorvaldsens MuseumLeif Jørgensen / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Christiansborg PalaceJulian Herzog / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
- Designmuseum DanmarkJasparbang / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0