Botanizing the Asphalt ft. Nanna Debois Buhl (#111)

Welcome back, and happy New Year to all! We have a great artist and incredibly sweet human on the show today; Nanna Debois Buhl. I have gotten to know her a bit over the last year or so and the more I hear about what she does, and how she does it, the more I fall in love with her work. It’s thoughtful, well-researched and also very tactile, which I find to be a rare combination today. Often it’s hard for artists to lean equally on research and material when creating projects, and it’s something I think a lot about it terms of my own work. And so those are the themes of the conversation today, and I think you’ll find it really interesting. She also currently has works up in two different exhibitions, check below for links to those and other cool stuff. She is open hearted and very generous in the way she talks about her process, so let’s get straight to it. Enjoy!

All images courtesy the artist

Nanna Debois Buhl, intervals and forms of stones of stars, 2017, wall photographs mounted on the facade of Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark

Nanna Debois Buhl, intervals and forms of stones of stars, 2017, wall photographs mounted on the facade of Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark

Nanna Debois Buhl, intervals and forms of stones of stars, 2017, micrograph, 20.3×25.4 cm

Nanna Debois Buhl, intervals and forms of stones of stars, 2017, artist's book published by Humboldt Books (Photo: Christoffer Munch Andersen)

Nanna Debois Buhl, Palm Tree Studies in South Tyrol and Beyond, 2016, wall photogram, Art & Nature 2016 Walking with Senses, Meran, Italy

Nanna Debois Buhl, Palm Tree Studies in South Tyrol and Beyond, 2016, artist's book published by Humboldt Books

Nanna Debois Buhl, Botanizing on the Asphalt, 2015, Series of cyanotypes, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Denmark (Photo: Torben Eskerod)

Nanna Debois Buhl, Botanizing on the Asphalt, 2015, Series of cyanotypes, SculptureCenter, New York (Photo: Jason Mandella)

Nanna Debois Buhl, Botanizing on the Asphalt, 2015, Cyanotype, 38×56.5 cm (Photo: Kristoffer Juel Poulsen)

Nanna Debois Buhl, Botanizing on the Asphalt, 2015, artist's book published by Officin
(Photo: Kristoffer Juel Poulsen)

Links for this episode:

Nanna Debois Buhl

Current shows: Blind Spots at Royal Danish Library - Until Jan 31st

Cool, Calm & Collected, ARoS Museum - Until April 2nd

Books: intervals and forms of stones of stars

Palm Tree Studies in South Tyrol and Beyond

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