Nina Beier & John Miller - The Populace

Danish Nina Beier and American John Miller have created a new work that transforms the underground Salling Gallery into a complex universe where the boundaries between human and object, portrait and person, original and reproduction shift. Their thought-provoking total installation revolves around identity, authenticity and representation. As you enter the exhibition, you are greeted by a large number of staged mannequins standing face to face with photographs of portrait paintings unearthed from forgotten archives. A strange space emerges - both familiar and strange. The figures appear neith…