Exhibition

The White, the Green, and the Dark – Contemporary Positions from Norway

2 Jun 2020 – 3 Oct 2020

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Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 – 18:00
Thursday
10:00 – 18:00
Friday
10:00 – 18:00
Saturday
10:00 – 18:00
Sunday
10:00 – 18:00

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  • Linien: 100, 200, 187, Station: Nordische Botschaften
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Following the exhibition »House of Norway«, which was shown at the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt am Main, the Royal Norwegian Embassy now presents 19 selected works from ten contemporary artists of this show in the Felleshus.

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Southern and western areas of Norway, with their coastal areas, lake landscapes, and forests, are very different from the snowy tundra of the Finnmark in the northern regions or the arctic area in the northeast. The realities of life are correspondingly different for the people who inhabit in each place. Life in Oslo and a handful of other large cities is different from life in rural areas. The existence of an Indigenous ethnic group, whose cultural area Sápmi extends across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and parts of Russia, provides different themes for artists than the landscapes in Telemark, which are dominated by deep valleys and dark forests.

The film and sound installations, as well as sculptures, textiles, and objects shown in »The White, the Green, and the Dark« offer visitors insights into the reflections on these different experiences. Many of the works focus on the artist’s personal notion of identity and homeland, a reflection on these issues, or climatic and social changes. A further emphasis of the contemporary works on display are contributions by artists who belong to the Indigenous ethnic group of the Sámi. These works tend examine individual and collective experiences in relation to tradition, belief, discrimination, and foreign influence verses self-determination.

CuratorsToggle

Sabine Schirdewahn

Exhibiting artistsToggle

Jan Eric Wold Skevik

Inger Blix Kvammen

Ingrid Torvund

Jonas K. Mailand

Máret Ánne Sara

Synnøve Persen

Frank Ekeberg

Torbjørn Kvasbø

Kari Steihaug

Britta Marakatt-Labba

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