26 April 2012

Apocalyptic Bliss

Apocalyptic Bliss
6.4.-29.4.12
Galleri Maria Veie, Oslo
Apocalyptic art in black&white

A visit to the gallery's new location in what used to be successively a black metal music shop and a hairdresser. An exhibition in black and white well fitting to the gallery, with nothing less than the Apocalypse as topic:
Johannes Høie: Floodland IX
Johannes Høie: Floodland IX

Painted live on Chinese silk during the Hong Kong Biennale last year.

Eirin Støen: State of Nation
Eirin Støen: State of Nation

Sverre Malling: Submission is a Gift to Your Brother
Sverre Malling: Submission is a Gift to Your Brother
(try to imagine it without the reflected lights)

Peter B Booth: Used to be Somebody
Peter B Booth: Used to be Somebody

Sculpture made from cremation ash

Linn Pedersen: Transformers
Linn Pedersen: Transformers

A creature is caught in the transformation process from rock to man, or the other way around.

Christina Leithe: Wine Ranks and Barrel
Christina Leithe: Wine Ranks and Barrel

Martin Skauen: All the Lonely
Martin Skauen: All the Lonely

A weird story about a quest for the ultimate experience, to what you can gain access by injecting the substance of the eye's black spot of many people. A video I should have watched fully if I was not in a rush.