Past Exhibitions

Kunstnernes Hus is proud to present the British artist Mark Wallinger’s first exhibition in Norway.
The solo exhibition contains several new works as well as a selection of older ones, including sculpture, painting, video, textual works and installations. The exhibition is divided into a red and a green zone, which represent the conscious and the unconscious mind, sleeping and waking.

Participating artists: Alex Bag, Shana Moulton, Kalup Linzy,
Mika Rottenberg and Tamy Ben-Tor

It is a recurrent statement that contemporary art is fragmented and that its audiences are many and small. In a wider context, this statement also reflects the audiences´ other interests and aesthetic orientations. It also makes one wonder whether there still exist phenomena and experiences that we can share.

Jesper Just inhabits a distinct position in the international art scene with his dark, melancholic and bittersweet films. Just uses the aesthetics and dramaturgical traditions of both American and European film. The works are characterized by high production quality and detailed scenography.

Nina Roos has for several years had a strong position within Nordic painting. Her paintings consist of layer upon layer of oil paint on acrylic panels. This creates a distinct expression of materiality and transparence, flatness and depth.

“Dear _________!

We _____ on ________, hysterically. It has to be _____ that _____. No?

It is now ______ and the whole _______ has changed ______.

all the _____,

______”

The above is the title of an exhibition featuring works by Urs Fischer, Mark Handforth and Georg Herold.

Urs Fischer's daring, three-dimensional works have an immediate, visual appeal and are full of satire and hidden meanings. Mark Handforth redefines familiar objects by placing them in new contexts, thereby enfolding different perspectives for their existence and use. Georg Herold employs untraditional materials in his sculptures and paintings, which often have political undertones and refer to topical themes in the fields of politics, art and science.

In response to the official year of Cultural diversity in Norway 2008, a group of museums and gallery institutions in Oslo have for the first time come together to produce an ambitious exhibition project that presents contemporary art from the African continent. The exhibition Looking Inside Out is the contribution of Kunstnernes Hus. The curators Maaretta Jaukkuri and Cristina Ricupero has focused on the region of North Africa ( Marocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt)

Partisipating artists: Kader Attia, Dora Dhouib, Hala Elkoussy, Mounir Fatmi, Chourouk Hriech, Bouchra Khalili, Nicène Kossentini, Driss Ouadahi, Younès Rahmoun, Hans Hamid Rasmussen, Batoul Shimi.

Ten days with performance, film and activeties.

Live Art: Coco Fusco, Roi Vaara, Annika Eriksson, Sachiko Abe, Karl Holmqvist, Erwin Wurm, Charles Sandison, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Leonards Laganovskis, Bergman & Salinas m. fl.

Living Archive: John Baldessari, Bruce Nauman, Vito Acconci, Bas Jan Ader, Paul McCarthy & Mike Kelley, Tony Oursler, Martha Rosler, Fischli & Weiss, Laurie Anderson, Chris Burden, Joan Jonas, Valie Export m. fl.

One dark night in the middle of the day
Two dead men got up to play
Back to back they faced each other
Drew their swords and shot each other

Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg have worked together for 15 years.
Dias is Brazilian and and Riedweg Swiss. They have lived in Rio de Janeiro since 1993. Dias & Riedweg`s art often addresses issues related to integration and how we live together.