DANIEL AND GEO FUCHS – REALITY CHECK
Daniel and Geo Fuchs are a German couple who have been working together since 1992. They are best known for their conceptual photo projects and now we can meet their art at Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum in Tønsberg, Norway. (mer…)
Demetrio Paparoni: MORTEN VISKUM Works 1993-2016 – SKIRA Publishing 2016
Morten Viskum made his mark across the country when he in 1995 placed olive glasses with dead rats on formalin in several Norwegian supermarkets. When he some years later made a crucifix and replaced Christ with a dead rat , he received death threats. It was at this time I became acquainted with Morten Viskum, the artist who back then always was wearing a face mask in public places so that one could not recognize him if you met him on the street. Our meeting resulted in the graduate thesis Rotten på korset (The Rat on the Cross) and ever since I have followed his art closely. From our first meeting I have never doubt that Morten Viskum would be one of our foremost artists from our time, and that Love From God will enter the history of art as an icon from our time. I myself have used the art of Morten Viskum both in lessons and lectures, and I always bring "little rat" (a dead rat on formalin) with me, and even if someone have responded in a negative way, it soon has passed away when the background of the art expression has been known. Then the curiosity and the good conversation have taken place. (mer…)
29. oktober kl. 14 åpner Helge Segrov sin utstilling hos Ramme Service i Olav Kyrresgt. 43 Bergen
Helge Segrov Født 1956 i Bergen – oppvokst i Bergen og Dale i Sunnfjord – bor i dag i Dale i Sunnfjord I 1994 begynte Helge Segrov sin kunstnerkarriere, da med skulpturer og tegninger. I 2013 begynte han i lære hos Dag Dammen på Grafikksenteret i Oslo, og i dag er han også en habil grafiker. Utover det er han selvlært; autodidakt. Han skriver også dikt, og i noen tilfeller kombinerer han bilder og tekst, noe man også kan oppleve på utstillingen. (mer…)
Death – a conversation with Morten Viskum 2002
During my work with Rotten på korset (The Rat on the Cross) I did an interview with Morten Viskum where we also discussed the theme of death. Whether it was Viskum or myself that eventually were interviewing became unclear because after a while it bar characterized more by a conversation. Later I decided that this conversation needed another context than what was natural in the thesis, and that it also should have a separate space on mye site, independent of Rotten på korset (The Rat on the Cross) but for a further reading of the topic, I refer anyway to Rotten på korset chapter 6:4, where I look at the opportunities that theming the death in contemporary art evokes such strong reactions it sometimes does. (Rotten på korset will be translated into English during autumn and winter) (mer…)