Mac Donaldi – “King oF Soap Bubbles” 2009 © Trine Lise Nedreaas 2009
THE MUNCH MUSEUM
THE STENERSEN MUSEUM
THE VIGELAND MUSEUM
Autumn 2009
Edvard Munch: ” The Yellow Log”, 1912
EdvarD Munch’s oeuvre © Munch Museum/ Munch-Ellingsen Group/ BONO 2009
The munch museum
James McNeill Whistler: “BIbi Lalouette”, 1859
Summer Exhibition
Open until 27 September
James McNeill Whistler - Graphic Works
9 October 2009 – 3 January 2010
The artist James McNeil Whistler (1834-1903) is perhaps most
famous for the painting Whistler’s Mother (Arrangement in Grey
and Black: The Artist’s Mother). But for both Whistler and Munch
the graphic medium represented an artistic expression equal to
that of painting, and they were both great innovators in that field.
Starting his graphic career in 1894, Munch benefitted from the
increased esteem of the graphic medium, established by pioneers like
Whistler. Whistler’s prints are characterized by good craftsmanship
and a swift and vigorous style. A Norwegian audience may for the
first time experience a broad presentation – 53 works - of Whistler
as a printmaker.
Edvard Munch- Paintings and Prints
from the Permanent Collections
9 October 2009 - 3 January 2010
The autumn exhibition presents a comprehensive selection of
Edvard Munch’s main works spanning his whole career as an
artist. Munch’s oeuvre covers more than 60 years, from his early
naturalistic works in the 1880s to his death in 1944. Throughout
these years, Munch developed his unique form, while exploring
several different styles from Naturalism to Expressionism.The
present exhibition features well known works such as The Voice
(1896), Vampire (1895), Separation (1896), The Yellow Log
(1912), The Death of Marat (1907), The Dance of Life (1925),
and Selfportrait between the Clock and the Bed (1940-43).The
Munch Museum’s main works, the Scream and Madonna, will be
on display.
Nearly a hundred!
The Association of Norwegian Printmakers 1919-2009
13 November 2009 - 3 January 2010
The Association of Norwegian Printmakers was established in 1919
by leading artists, among them Edvard Munch, Erik Werenskiold
and Harald Sohlberg, with Henrik Lund as its first director. The
association’s 90th anniversary will be celebrated with an exhibition
in the Munch Museum from the 13 November. Selected works by
the artists who took part in the association’s first exhibition will be
shown, including the four lithographs submitted by Edvard Munch.
The second part of the exhibition will be devoted to graphic works
by three present members of the Association of Norwegian Printmakers; Tore Hansen, Sonja Krohn and Arnold Johansen.
For information about arrangements, lectures and workshops, see:
www.munch.museum.no
NB The Museum will be closed from 28.9 to 8.10.
Edvard Munch: “Reclining Nude”, 1920
Gustav Vigeland’s oeuvre © Vigeland Museum/ BONO 2009
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Trine Lise Nedreaas: “It takes two to tango”, 2002
Trine Lise Nedreaas
11 september - 8 november
Trine Lise Nedreaas works mainly with film and video. In her works
she presents people with particular skills, such as swollowing swords,
or eating a number of small sausages within a limited period of time.
She portrays these people in a respectful way and, to a certain
extent, one can say that these documentations immortalise those
involved.
Vigeland and Hamsun
29 May - 31 December
On the occasion of the Hamsun anniversary 2009 the Vigeland
Museum shows a small exhibition which focuses upon the relationship between the sculptor Gustav Vigeland and the writer Knut
Hamsun. Gustav Vigeland and Knut Hamsun met in the beginning of
the 1890’s and formed at that time a lifelong friendship. In 1903
Vigeland made a bust of Hamsun. This bust, in both plaster and
bronze, in addition to books, drawings and photographs, is shown
in the exhibition.
Mona Hatoum
13 November 2009 - 14 February 2010
The Palestinian/British artist Mona Hatoum is presented in the
Vigeland Museum with the installation ”Lily (stay) Put”. The work
is exhibited in room 7.
Gustav Vigeland: ”Knut Hamsun”, plaster, 1903
Gustav Vigeland
Permanent Collections
The Museum’s permanent exhibitions show Gustav Vigeland’s works
in plaster, marble and bronze, as well as drawings, woodcuts and
wrought iron works. In the museum you will also find Vigeland’s
famous monuments and busts, as well as plaster models for the
Vigeland Park’s monumental bronze and granite sculptures.
Activity day and Christmas workshop
Sunday 29 November 12.00 - 16.00
Mona Hatoum: ”Lily (stay) Put”, 1996.
Installation, div. materials, 70 x 250 x 300 cm.
The artwork belongs to the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Oslo.
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Lim Dim - Young Vietnamese Artists
27 August - 4 October, 2009
Lim Dim is first and foremost an exhibition of Vietnamese art, but more
importantly it is an exhibition that presents a new generation whose
work has rarely been shown in Europe. More specifically, the exhibition
presents a group of artists who are socially interconnected, they meet
regularly, exhibit in outsider venues such as the cutting-edge Nha San
Duc Studio, share the outsider status of official non-recognition, and
closely observe and consistently challenge quiet everyday order while
they are constantly subject to quiet scrutiny.
Nguyen Minh Phuoc: ”A Little Red Etude For an
Epilogue”, 2009 DVD
Crispin Gurholt – “Live Photo”, photo, video
29 October - 30 December
Gurholt is renowned for his Live Photos, site-specific photography
projects that challenge the boundaries between fiction and reality.
His complex, staged scenes are strongly imbued with art historical,
philosophical and sociological references. In his performances, subtle
narratives slowly emerge that balance a fine line between fantasy
and reality.
Ulf Nilsen – “Inside Out” Paintings
17 October – 30 December
Ulf Nilsen will show new works at the museum. We will meet his
paintings organized more conseptually as an installation.
Crispin Gurholt: ”Venezia, Live Photo #14”, 2009
Bjarne Engebret: ”Double Nude”, 1935
Selected works from the Stenersen Collection
From 3 October
1936 the prominent financier, author and art collector Rolf E.
Stenersen (1899–1978) donated his collection of Norwegian art
to the Municipality of Aker, which was later merged with the City
of Oslo. The Collection consists of approximately 300 paintings
and a large number of works on paper. In addition to the central
collection of paintings, watercolours and prints by Edvard Munch,
the collections contains examples of Norwegian Modernism from
the inter-war years by Ludvig Karsten, Rolf Nesch, Olav Strømme,
Kai Fjell, Bjarne Engebret and Erik Harry Johannessen among others.
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