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Galleri Nicolai Wallner is pleased to present a group exhibition with works by Joachim Koester, Jonathan Monk and Maja Malou Lyse. This marks Lyse’s first exhibition with the gallery.

The phrase “sex, drugs and rock ’n roll”—made popular in 1977 by musician Ian Dury with a song of the same name—has existed for generations in one form or another. The narrative of the “sex, drugs, rock ’n rock” lifestyle references a hedonistic approach to living, one based in overindulgence, rule breaking and “too much of a good thing”, a narrative that perhaps has had its day.

Moving away from the …