Rolf NowotnyALKOVE

Images

Installation view. Rolf Nowotny. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
Installation view. ALKOVE, 2020
Rolf Nowotny. N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm
Rolf Nowotny. N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm
Rolf Nowotny. N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020 (detail). Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm
Rolf Nowotny. N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020 (detail). Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm
Rolf Nowotny. N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020 (detail). Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm
Rolf Nowotny. N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020 (detail). Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm
Rolf Nowotny. N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020 (detail). Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm
Rolf Nowotny. N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020 (detail). Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm
Rolf Nowotny. N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020 (detail). Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm
Rolf Nowotny. N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020 (detail). Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm
Rolf Nowotny. N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020 (detail). Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm
Rolf Nowotny. N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020 (detail). Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm
Rolf Nowotny. N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020. Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
N*E*S*T (circumambulation), 2017-2020 (detail). Traditional Danish timber frame, Danish folk costumes, bird’s nest, wood, alkyd paint, and sculpted epoxy on machine screws. 324 x 314 x 286 cm
Installation view. Rolf Nowotny. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
Installation view. ALKOVE, 2020
Rolf Nowotny. CANCKER, 2020. Polyurethane, epoxy, concrete, LED lights, chains, thistles, and roots. 
H. 154 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
CANCKER, 2020. Polyurethane, epoxy, concrete, LED lights, chains, thistles, and roots. H. 154 cm
Rolf Nowotny. CANCKER, 2020. Polyurethane, epoxy, concrete, LED lights, chains, thistles, and roots. 
H. 154 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
CANCKER, 2020. Polyurethane, epoxy, concrete, LED lights, chains, thistles, and roots. H. 154 cm
Rolf Nowotny. CANCKER, 2020. Polyurethane, epoxy, concrete, LED lights, chains, thistles, and roots. 
H. 154 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
CANCKER, 2020 (detail). Polyurethane, epoxy, concrete, LED lights, chains, thistles, and roots. H. 154 cm
Rolf Nowotny. TYRANT II (red), 2020. Epoxy, and alkyd paint on wood. 244 x 244 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
TYRANT II (red), 2020. Epoxy, and alkyd paint on wood. 244 x 244 cm
Rolf Nowotny. TYRANT II (red), 2020. Epoxy, and alkyd paint on wood. 244 x 244 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
TYRANT II (red), 2020. Epoxy, and alkyd paint on wood. 244 x 244 cm
Rolf Nowotny. TYRANT I (green), 2020. Epoxy, and alkyd paint on wood. 244 x 244 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
TYRANT I (green), 2020. Epoxy, and alkyd paint on wood. 244 x 244 cm
Rolf Nowotny. TYRANT I (green), 2020. Epoxy, and alkyd paint on wood. 244 x 244 cm. ALKOVE, 2020. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
TYRANT I (green), 2020. Epoxy, and alkyd paint on wood. 244 x 244 cm

Press release

ALCOVE

Naked Peasant into Alcove seeps
Enshrined within House asleep
In obedience to a Floral pattern
In obedience to a Floral pattern

“What belongs to shadow slick and dark? My long dead Mother, I saw her slither about.
And out in the moor, blue under the moon, naked and shivering; I saw Father, the Tyrant of my youth, by my window arrive mute. With a baleful stare, bathed in the night he sought my blood, my skin and my hearth.”

Sunrise bleeds through Window Wounds
Peasant from Alcove disentombes

and wears the Regional Dress
and wears the Regional Dress





ALKOVE



Nøgne Bonde i Alkove siver ind
Forankret i Hus i Søvnen blind
I tjeneste til et Blomstret Mønster
I tjeneste til et Blomstret Mønster

”Hvad rører sig i skyggen glat og mørk? Min for længst døde mor, jeg så hende netop snige sig bort. Og ude i mosen, blå under månen, nøgen og skælvende; min far, min barndoms tyran, ved mit vindue badet i natten, stirrede blot, så på mig olmt. Han søgte mit blod, min hud og min ovn.”

Solopgang bløder gennem Vinduessår
Bonde fra Alkove genopstår
og bærer den Regionale Dragt
og bærer den Regionale Dragt