“Nature Copies Us” at the MINI Museum

The MINI Museum of XXI Century Arts is proud to announce that a new work has been recently added to its collection. Dutch artist Marijke Appelman (Born 1979 in Haarlem) used the MINI Museum on Sunday October 28th, 2012 to display her new work Nature Copies Us (2012) during a residency at Hellebou in Bolkesjø, Norway.

 

 

Founded in 2009 by Johanne Birkeland and Ellen Henriette Suhrke, Hellebou is a traditional log cabin that functions as an artist residency, publishing house, and as a venue for exhibitions and live events. Since the initiative began, more than 50 artists have lived and worked in Hellebou, for a stay of their own chosen duration. The guests are encouraged to bring along a companion, and explore the surrounding fishing lakes, forest and mountain trails.

 

 

Nature Copies Us is a digital picture featuring a close-up of the leaves of an ornamental plant, digitally manipulated to simulate a Rorschach Effect. The “fearful simmetry” of the image is stressed by the title of the work, which reverts the usual saying according to which art copies nature. The image has been displayed hanging the MINI Museum at a tree in the forest outside the cabin, where nature is confronted with itself.
The MINI Museum is currently in Norway, and Hellebou’s co-founder Ellen Henriette Suhrke is the new “temporary owner”. For more informations, visit the Museum’s website.