Ida Raselli: Seasons

29 October 2024 - 21 December 2024

In her artistic work, Danish artist and 2024 Caspar David Friedrich Prize winner Ida Raselli focuses on natural materials and their relationship to space. She creates works partly in situ on the walls, but clay and bronze objects as well as paintings with found earth and pigments are on display. As an extra, the ‘Seasons’ exhibition includes works by two of Raselli's colleagues that are related to the content of her own work.

Awarding of the Caspar David Friedrich Prize 2024 to Ida Raselli from Copenhagen

When applying for the Caspar David Friedrich Prize, which has been awarded annually since 2001, the jury chose Ida Raselli (*1986), who was still a student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Copenhagen (KADK) at the time, on 7 October 2023. She was chosen over 17 other applicants and, in a close neck-and-neck race, was ultimately named the CDF prizewinner for the CDF anniversary year 2024 by the jury.

Josephine Steinfurth, chair of the nine-member jury, explains the decision in favour of the Danish artist as follows: ‘Ida Raselli impresses with her sensitivity to detail and her use of natural materials, which lead to a multisensory, highly sensual and poetic experience. A deep connection to nature is reflected throughout the entire creative process, which she strongly harmonises with Friedrich. Like him, she wanders and observes nature closely. She creates landscapes, restrained in colour and natural, on entire walls by arranging a multitude of small, mostly fragile objects on the wall surface. Delicate ceramics and natural materials play a particularly important role. The earth from which the clay is made was collected by the artist herself on her travels, as were all the other objects she uses. Ida Raselli creates an order in the wild and in chaos with a unique sense of space. Sometimes the arrangements are reminiscent of climbing walls. The works in situ give the exhibition spaces a special significance.'

In addition to prize money of 2,500 euros, the winner can now expect a postcard edition with two motifs, temporary free membership of the CDF Society and a solo exhibition in the gallery of the CDF Centre, which will be officially opened on Saturday, 26 October 2024, from 2 pm and will be on display in the gallery of the CDF Centre until 21 December 2024. 

Further information about the artist and an impression of her artistic work can be found on her website and on Instagram: @raselliida

Foto: Ida Raselli im Kunstmuseum Horsens. © Ida Raselli 2024, Foto: Mads Dalegaard

Exhibition period: 29 October - 21 December 2024

Opening and award ceremony of the CDF Prize 2024: 26 October, 2 pm 

Guided tours through the exhibition (CDFZ_kontemporär)

Wednesdays, 4 - 5 pm