ARoS Triennia: The Garden - The Past
April 8–July 30, 2017
The first ARoS Triennial will feature major new commissions and large-scale installations across the city of Aarhus, Denmark. Focusing on depictions of nature throughout history, the Triennial will be split into three sections: The Past, The Present and The Future. The launch of the Triennial will coincide with Aarhus’ year as European Capital of Culture.
The Past, which opens April 8, will span 400 years and will illustrate man’s relationship with nature: from the powerful orchestration of the baroque garden, the mathematically constructed landscapes of neo-classicism, and the sensuous gardens of the rococo to the monumental use of nature in land art projects and modern man’s impact on nature portrayed in contemporary art. The Past will provide the historical context for the Triennial theme and will be spread across several levels of the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, comprising more than 100 works (paintings, installations, video art, and sculptures) by artists including Nicolas Poussin, Paul Gauguin, Edvard Munch, Robert Smithson, and Meg Webster.
The Past will feature works by Nicolas Poussin, Claude Lorrain, Antoine Watteau, Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael, John Constable, Caspar David Friedrich, Edvard Munch, Paul Gauguin, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Maurice de Vlaminck, Emil Nolde, Max Liebermann, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, Max Ernst, Jean Arp, René Magritte, Giorgio de Chirico, Robert Smithson, Joan Jonas, Richard Long, Diana Thater, Meg Webster, Olafur Eliasson, Damián Ortega, Darren Almond, and Pamela Rosenkranz.