1 book, 2 paintings & 53 drawings

The exhibition shows the newest artworks of Anne Skole Overgaard: An artists' book looking like a self-help book, two paintings of plants, one big drawing and 52 small.

All the artworks are playing with the circle as a metaphor for the perfect life.

The artists' book "My Good Life" mixes texts from books like "Living with Zen", "Get a New Life in 4 Weeks" and "The Self-Sufficient Gardener". Each text is illustrated by a circular drawing.

52 of the drawings for the book are shown at the exhibition. They play with the circle as a "universal" symbol to be found everywhere from a bottle cap to the earth, a mandala and a flower.

The two paintings are inspired by Anne Skole Overgaards kitchen garden project where she investigates city gardening and the trend of self-sustainability - an ideal which is now further away from our everyday lives than ever before. The plants are depicted in pale, blue-toned colours, undermining the atmosphere of sunshine and of "the Good Life".

A big pencil-drawing shows a stucco rosette with a light-bulb screwed into it, from the ceiling of a yoga and meditation school. Like a mandala, you can see the drawing as a picture of the Self in the world - and maybe as a picture of general features of our culture. The drawing looks both beautiful and evil, it looks back at you as an eye or a surveillance camera.

The exhibition has an atmosphere of bated breath. The book "My Good Life" instructs in everything from healthy candy and increased creativity to knitting against stress. The meticulous drawings underline the amount of self-control it takes to live this perfect, circular life in harmony with nature.