"From Ground Swells to Breaking Waves" marks the opening of KANT Palma. The exhibition unfolds across two spaces — the clarity of the white cube and the intimacy of a lived setting — and carries with it the heritage of the island and Copenhagen's cultural pulse. Here, ideas, disciplines and voices converge, shaping the beginning of a new chapter on Mallorcan shores.
The title traces movement. The "ground swells" speak of origins and slow accumulation — a metaphor for KANT's twenty-year journey of nurturing artists and practices with time and patience. The "breaking waves" evoke release, energy, and transformation — the moment when ideas emerge. This rhythm flows through the exhibition, reflected in works spanning painting, sculpture, light objects, photography, ceramics and textiles
Joost Vandebrug’s monotype photographs capture presence and absence, emerging from the swell before breaking into form, while Ane Lykke’s light objects transform perception, turning stability into fluidity, as light and movement animate her structures. Material and gesture converge in the work of Steen Ipsen, whose ceramic sculptures crystallise organic energies into tactile eruptions. At the same time, in Anne Mette Larsen’s woven textiles, tradition is grounded in contemporary forms. Within painting, Daniel Fleur builds layered surfaces hovering between quiet resonance and sudden force, while Fabian Treiber creates pictorial spaces where architecture and abstraction intermingle. Hans van der Ham’s work deepens this dialogue, exploring the tension between abstraction and figuration; Asmund Havsteen Mikkelsen reimagines architectural forms, grounding the viewer while opening perception to transformation. Finally, Thomas Trum’s channels movement directly onto canvas, with bold gestures that release waves of colour and energy. Together, they resonate between ground swells and breaking waves.
