Metamorfose

Museum for Papirkunst is pleased to present Kirsten Schultz Hansen's series of abstract landscape images. Having grown up in Vendsyssel, with its desolate landscapes running through her veins, she ventured into the paper material's illusions of earth, clay, stones, and rocks. Like notes in a symphony, Schultz Hansen combines fragments of paper to tell stories about nature, sky, and sea – and human existence.

Kirsten Schultz Hansen’s artistic practice began in the universe of music. She is educated at Nordjysk Musikkonservatorium (DK), Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium (DK), and later at Odsherred Teaterskole (DK). She has been working as an opera singer, singing teacher, and stage director. She describes music as the art of ephemerality, as sound and visual impressions dissolve with the last note of the concert, whereas visual art allows the impression and sensation of a split second to be retained. According to the artist, however, music and visual art are not opposites but share common features.

In 2021, the artist gained access to a treasure chest. One day while visiting painter Rasmus Hagedorn-Olsen, he opened a large box containing his original paper prints. He offered her to take whatever she wanted and use it in her art – an exciting collaboration began.