This autumn, Sophienholm turns its gaze to mushrooms. Drawing on the history of the house and Theodor Holmskjold's pioneering 1790 book on fungi, the exhibition places its finely detailed illustrations alongside works by Danish and international artists who share the same fascination with these organisms.
The show explores the many roles mushrooms have played: as collectable specimens and as food, and as sensual symbols ranging from the erotic to the dangerous. Works by Magali Reus, Günter Grass, Shigeo Otake, Paul Thek, Sanya Kantarovsky, Nicolai Howalt, Peter Ilsted, Vibeke Glarbo, Thorvald Bindesbøll, Natsuko Uchino, Oliver Bak, Ebbe Stub Wittrup and J. Neander are among those on show.
