Tracey Emin in
Daddy Issues
29 January—3 May 2026
Group exhibition at Gammel Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
Over the years, we have seen one mother exhibition after another, while the father has shone through in his absence. While the father-child conflict has really taken hold in literature and pop culture, it has not won the same position in visual art. The relationship with the father is examined through a selection of works that does not shy away from the personal and intimate, but opens up for individual reflections and collective reflections on the meaning of the father.
Daddy Issues zooms in on the father-child relationship in all its complexity: from confrontation to reconciliation, abuse to care, idealization to demonization – and all the gray areas in between. Through sculpture, painting, film, photography and installation, 25 Danish and international artists map the landscape of fatherhood, for better or for worse, from the 1950s onwards - with a focus on contemporary art.
Participating artists: Magnus Andersen (DK, 1987), Benedikte Bjerre (DK, 1987), Kaspar Bonnén (DK, 1968), Werner Büttner (DE, 1954), Robert Carter (UK, 1983), Adam Christensen (DK, 1979), Beth Collar (UK, 1984), Tracey Emin (UK, 1963), Asger Jorn (DK, 1914-73), Mette Hammer Juhl (DK, 1987), Éva Mag (RO, 1979), Kim Richard Adler Mejdahl (DK, 1990), Anna Munk (DK, 1994), Simon Dybbroe Møller (DK, 1976), Dennis Oppenheim (US, 1938-2011), Paola Paleari (IT, 1984), Michala Paludan (DK, 1983), Torben Ribe (DK, 1978), Rasmus Røhling (DK, 1982), Niki de Saint Phalle (FR, 1930-2002), Tora Schultz (DK, 1991), Selma Selman (BA, 1991), Alexander Tovborg (DK, 1983), Amelie von Wulffen (DE, 1966), Markus Öhrn (SE, 1972)