From the exhibition An order of Things at Malmö Konstmuseum, 2025-2026

Photo: hlstrm and Adèle Tornberg

Staying alive (2025)
Oil on linen
18 x 24 cm 
Catch and release (2025)
Oil on linen
27 x 40 cmOn top of it all (2) (2026)
Oil on canvas 
30 x 40 cm Heavenly structure (2026)
Oil on canvas 
30 x 40 cm It all on top of it all (2026)
Oil on canvas 
30 x 40 cm Local hero (2026)
Oil on canvas 
30 x 40 cm On top of it all (1) (2025)
Oil on canvas 
60 x 80 cm 

Photo: Mads Holm

Med udgangspunkt i en næsten 2000 år gammel graffiti fra Pompeji åbner Ida Brockmanns udstilling We came here desiring much more et rum for længsler, erindringer og uindfriede forventninger. Teksten – skrevet af en ukendt hånd i en svunden tid – bliver et udgangspunkt for en undersøgelse af vores vedvarende trang til at række bagud, mod det der var, og måske stadig kunne være.

Værkerne indgår i en sanselig og eftertænksom dialog med både nutiden og fortiden og synliggør kompleksiteten i vores længsler og de fortællinger, vi former i mødet med historien.

Udstillingen kredser om relationen mellem det varige og det flygtige, og mellem det, vi genkender, og det, vi kun vagt fornemmer. Brockmanns praksis balancerer mellem arkæologisk sensibilitet og samtidige æstetiske strategier, hvor transformation, erindring og omsorg for det fragmenterede danner et gennemgående spor.

Værker i udstillingen:

Remove, Remain, Resume (2024)
Olie på flyttekasser
En formation af marmorerede flyttekasser rejser sig på galleriets kontor, som en moderne ruin. Marmorens illusion af varighed smelter sammen med flyttekassens midlertidighed og skaber et landskab af transformation og overgang. Værket fremkalder både orden og kaos – som en hukommelse i bevægelse.

I think it was all right, it was okay (2024)
Bronze
Et sæt af fem bronzeskiver med formsprog lånt fra hverdagens smiley-skala. Værket stiller skarpt på vurderingens æstetik og spørger, hvad det gør ved vores oplevelser, når alt skal kunne måles, kategoriseres og godkendes. I bronzens tyngde opstår en ny alvor i det ellers trivielle: hvordan husker vi, når vi konstant skal vurdere?

We came here desiring much more (2024)
Bronze
En hånd – oprindeligt et fragment fra en romersk statue – har gennemgået en digital og materiel metamorfose. Nu ligger den her, gylden og løsrevet, og holder fast i noget usynligt. Hvad den griber om, forbliver ubestemmeligt. Men i sin transformation rummer den et ekko af det oprindelige – som en gestus gennem tid.

Med We came here desiring much more inviterer Ida Brockmann os til at dvæle ved det, vi længes efter: det vi har mistet, det vi stadig bærer med os – og det, vi aldrig helt kan begribe.

Solo exhibition at Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen, 2025

Two sculptures in granite,
Exhibited at the group exhibition ‘I et landskab’ at Gravel Art (a former gravel pit) in Sorø (DK), 2025

The works play on memories, time and artifacts and reflect on the motivations behind our quest to connect with bygone eras. The works seek a dialogue with the present and the past, highlighting the complexity of our desires and the narratives we construct in the meeting with past times.

‘Greetings’ (2024)
Steel
‘Reading of a Ruin’ (2024)
Bronze, painted MDF  ‘Remove, Remain, Resume’ (2024)
Oil on removal boxes  ‘We came here desiring much more’ (2024)
Bronze
‘Cocksucker’ (2024)
Wall engraving, copy of Pompeian graffiti 
‘Nothing lasts forever’ (2024)
Wall engraving, copy of Pompeian graffiti 
‘I think it was all right, it was okay’ (2024)
Bronze 

Galley KHM2, Graduation exhibition from Malmö Art Academy, 2024

Marble is a rock type formed by recrystallization of calcite- or dolomite-rich sedimentary limestone rocks. The process takes millions of years and is caused by special conditions of temperature, pressure and friction. In a geological context, marble is considered a metamorphic rock.
Because marble is a relatively soft stone and has an appealing appearance, the stone has been used as a building stone and ornamental stone throughout the world for thousands of years.

A moving box is a container that can hold things related to moving. There are many different varieties in different materials. Among the most common materials are wood and cardboard, due to the low cost price. The disadvantages of the otherwise smart cardboard boxes are their poor durability, which can be especially problematic during rainy weather.

– Wikipedia

From the group exhibition ‘På besök: Masterstudenter från Konsthögskolan i Malmö’ in Skissernas Museum in Lund, Sweden, 2024.

‘Containers 1-60′ (2020-2023)
Stoneware‘Wishing You Well’ (2023)
Marble, water, pump, coins‘Vessel to-go’ (2023) 
Plastic, water, steel, refrigerator   ‘Free Streaming’ (2023) 
Videocollage, 8 tablet devices          ‘Recent Excavations’ (2023)
Dustpan, broom, unglazed stoneware    “When water is scarce, thirsty animals regroup into mega herds seeking to quench their thirst. But predators are waiting around the waterholes looking for easy prey. Soon, the weak and injured are weeded out. The power over the waterhole is an eternal game of survival where one drop of water marks the difference between life and death. Despite the risk of hidden predators, the instinctive urge to drink water leads the thirsty ones into a deadly trap every time.”

In their latest collaborative project the Danish-Swedish artist duo Hedvig Schroeder & Ida Brockmann sheds light on the vessel as an iconic artifact illuminating the different values we add to water. On the journey of water containers’ cultural history we meet a marble fountain, a video collage, and plastic amphoras stored in a refrigerator, all reflecting on water’s relation to market forces, basic survival, and wishing wells.
Today, water is one of the major challenges of civilization. First we drank out of our hands from natural water sources. Then we filled ceramic vessels from wells and fountains. Today, we can find a bottle of water on any street corner. For many, bottled water has become synonymous with water itself due to the modern desire to drink “on the go”. The kiosk is a new type of waterhole where the water we buy is no longer just water, it is Aqua D’or, Evian, Ramlösa, Fiji and Voss.

Exhibited at New Shelter Plan Kiosk, Copenhagen (DK), 2023

Steel / 230 cm x 110 cm

2023

Collaboration with Anna-Lea Kopperi.
Exhibited at Nordisk Skulptur i Danmark at Skulptursalen at Funen Art Academy, 2023