Art in the Sluice 2025
Soulful Art in Authentic Settings at Hvide Sande Harbor
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
A unique art experience in different, raw surroundings
Art in the Sluice is an annual, inspiring 14-day art exhibition that takes place in the very special environment under the drainage sluice in Hvide Sande. This unique event brings art out of the traditional polished gallery settings and into the summer landscape of the West Coast: specifically the 120-meter-long control passage that houses the drainage sluice’s wire mechanisms inside the sluice structure itself.
The exhibition traditionally opens the first weekend in August.
The sluice structure, which has a total of 14 massive gates in a row, creates a dramatic framework for the art with its engineer-designed functionality, adding a different, eye-opening context to the exhibited works.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Sunday, August 3rd at 1:00 PM: Come Meet the Artists and Experience the Opening of this Year's Exhibition
this Year's Opening Speaker:
Søren Gade (Speaker of Parliament)
Sunday, August 3rd: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Monday, August 4th - Friday, August 15th: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Daily)
Free Admission for Everyone
THIS YEAR'S ARTISTS 2025
Doris Leuschner
Primarily works with sculpture and photo design focusing on cellular structures and organic processes.
Main theme: evolution and the interaction between humans and nature.
Moved to Denmark in 2021 after many years as an independent artist in Germany.
Ellen Munk
Paints expressionistically and spontaneously on large canvases with a focus on broad gestures.
Specializes in flower-like motifs, combining rawness and poetry.
Works in many layers to create depth – some works end up with enamel-like surfaces.
Henrik Busk Andersen
30 years of experience as a professional artist: art as both a passion of the heart and livelihood.
Creates “hardcore works,” meaning “painted frustrations, taboos, and unresolved thoughts meant to provoke and make the viewer think”.
Works with painting and bronze sculptures and is also an author of art books.
Søren Leegaard Fuhlendorff
Full-time craftsman specializing in wood-turned utility items and unique pieces.
Aims for Nordic minimalist design where wood’s natural characteristics shine through.
Deliberately works with wood’s “flaws” – knots, cracks, and twists as forms of expression.
ABOUT THE SLUICE
The sluice structure – functionalist engineering art as a framework for the works
The drainage sluice in Hvide Sande is an impressive technical facility with a length of 120 meters and a width of 24 meters. The 14 gates, each measuring 6.25 meters in width, are controlled by electric motors located in the control passage where the exhibition takes place.
The robust structure has been continuously renovated and maintained, and still appears essentially original, as it was when it opened back in 1931.
PARTNERS
Art in the Sluice is organized in collaboration with:
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