BRIGHT GREEN & OTHER COLORS / Marianne Lund

Text by Irene Strandenes Photos by Naysa Andrade

13.2 - 15.3 2015

Friday February 13, arteriet had the honor of hosting the opening of Marianne Lund’s exhibition Bright Green and Other Colors. 

  

Lund is a local architect and artist who has years worth of experience behind her. Part of what is exciting about this exhibit, is that she has moved beyond her signature pencil drawings to also create wonderful, and also larger, works of bright and beautiful oil colors.

  

As the title indicates, the color green is prominent in the exhibition, but yellow, orange and red are also very much present. The works all come nicely together and complement each other.  

In a pre-show interview with Fædrelandsvennen, she explains a little bit about her process and end results, and how her starting point is drawing or painting lines. Lines that will never be straight as she does not use a ruler, lines that she builds upon, and thus wavy, intricate patterns emerge.

 In the article she lets us know that it is the human body’s inadequacy that is being expressed, and she also reveals that silence and solitude are important elements to her work process.

  

The opening night started with a presentation by gallery owner Marianne Laukvik, before visitors started roaming free to take it all in. 

The meticulous work and the details of it are so that one find oneself captivated in front of each one of the pictures looking for even more to discover. 

  

The crowd was happy and appreciative of the exhibition, enjoying a glass of wine or juice – and of course, the soup. The soup is always delicious.  

Bright Green and Other Colors runs through March 15.

 

(To read the article, go to http://www.fvn.no/kultur/Streker-i-sterke-farger-2760370.html. For open access link, go through arteriet’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/arteriet)

 

NIGHT VISIONS AND DAYDREAMS | Jorann Abusland

Forgjengelighet, mørkets kontrast til lyset, det dystre og det lekne samt et oppgjør med tingenes tilstand.

Photos courtesy  Kinga  Kovacs.

 

 

Abusland utforsker kontrastene vi finner i tilværelsen. Tingene som de er eller kunne ha vært, eller tingene som man helst ville ha kvittet seg med. Hva er egentlig perfekt og hva er mislykket?

 

 Hva er det vi vil ha og hvordan finner vi det? I rommet mellom mørke og lys finner skyggene sin plass. Disse skyggene kan huse hemmeligheter eller kanskje en trygg havn.

 

Det synlige og det usynlige spiller et spill om hemmeligheter og skygger som kommer ut i lyset og faktisk blir usynlige.

 

Vi inviterer til opplevelse og aktivitet, eller hvis det er å foretrekke, kun kontemplasjon.

 

 

 

 

Photos by StudioLL  

 

 

EYE CANDY | TheMoen

Friday night we had the pleasure of hosting the opening of TheMoen’s one-month long exhibition Eye Candy here at arteriet. The pieces on display show TheMoen’s versatile talent, both when it comes to the genre and material of his art and his exhibition truly fulfills the promise of the title. (All photo's made by Virag Toth. Text by Irene Strandenes)

The intricacy of his drawings makes it hard to step away from them as one is left looking for even more secrets and details within them, and the colorful paintings draw us in with all their brightness.

Also on display were several figures made of pumice stone that had been found in the Lumber area, a sweet reminder that art is all around us if we only go looking for it.

It was also a treat to have the recently recovered “Narkobildet” (The Drug Picture) on display, a painting that was stolen from his studio 12 years ago, and thus carries secrets from that time and journey that we may never know of.

Attendance on Friday was good and really the perfect amount, as it left space for the guests to be able to take in all the art without feeling too crowded. All seemed to have an enjoyable time, with nice company and conversations, refreshments and let us not forget about the delicious soup. It was a wonderful night.