various artists, curated by Juan A. Gaitán
30.9.-2.12.12
Permanenten, Bergen
Interventions in the Arts&Crafts museum
The exhibition of arts&crafts is crazied up by interventions in the museum space. The contributing artists are either requiring space or using the space available, with basis in the existing exhibition.
Museum entrance
Hadley & Maxwell: How to kill a Buddha (and other Received Ideas)
- mould of the sculptures from the museum's Chinese collection
Hilde Angel Danielsen: They hang high ... and are probably sour anyway
- roof skeleton hung upside down in the museum staircase
Siri Brekke: Material Inside Information
- nowadays the registration of items are rather formal, stating origin, year of production, material. Old registrations had colorful descriptions of the figures, like: Kneeling girl lifting her smallflowered apron up as a basket-like container. Over the right arm a large multi-colored sun-hat. On the phlint guilded mussel-ornaments.
The artist has written these descriptions onto the glass.
Amalia Pica: Unintentional Monuments
- items used as antennas displayed as art sculptures
