Exhibited: “Kathrine Ærtebjerg”, Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, 2006. Exhibited: Skovgaard Museet, Viborg, Denmark, 2007. Illustrated on the Museum's website in connection with the exhibition. Provenance: Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen.

Ærtebjerg paints contemporary narratives for all age groups. Her works may seem surreal in their juxtaposition of recognizable and less recognizable elements, and her fantastic images fascinate and astound all at the same time. Figures that are half human, half animal populate the landscapes that could resemble something brought down from the moon or taken out of Alice in Wonderland. The titles that Ærtebjerg gives her works help in understanding her intention, yet the titles are also mysterious enough to allow our own personal interpretations. Kathrine Ærtebjerg finds her inspiration from personal or individual events, which are at the same time universally human. With the current project, the museum wants to shed light on how a contemporary artist can work with the narrative element and the imaginative, which the Skovgaard family of artists also did. The intention with the exhibition was to show how an artistic tradition that is rooted in the museum's collection can be carried on today, how the new art can play off the museum's architecture, and how the old and the new can challenge and enrich each other". (Skovgaard Museum website in connection with the exhibition).