HUN by Julia Mejnertsen at Galleri Image

Julia Mejnertsen and curator Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo have put together an exhibition specifically for Galleri Image. The focal point of the exhibition is Mejnertsen’s mother, who is a (big game) hunter.

Overview

Mejnertsen has long dealt with family mythologies. Through her photographic practice, she unravels the intricate narratives that once connected our families and studies the profound impact they have on our identity and self-perception. With HUN, she invites visitors to reflect on their own experiences and the deep human connections that define us all. Mejnertsen’s ideas challenge conventional norms and start important questions about privilege, race, identity and power. HUN is an extension of Mejnertsen’s broader artistic practice, which seeks to remind us that our perception is a function of our individual experiences.

HUN presents black and white photographs, manipulated archival material, graphic interventions, photographic installations and a video work. In the exhibition, there will be ample opportunity to consider the west’s culturally conditioned view of nature and our relationship to life, death, captivity and interpersonal relationships. The answers to the more complex questions are rarely black and white, not even in this exhibition. Instead, visitors are encouraged to search for answers within the shades of grey, as Mejnertsen has done.

HUN is the feminine pronoun in Danish, but it’s also more than that. HUN also refers to the English word “hunter”, in addition to symbolizing connections between woman, mother, daughter, the matriarch of a herd of elephants and Mother Nature.