September Split: Members Only

Members Only
September Split: Sigrid Bendz, Kjetil Kristensen, Anna Åstrand, Geir Backe Altern, Ingrid Forland, Gustav Samrelius
15.-17.5.15
Studio 17, Stavanger
Installations, photos, video, sculpture

The exhibition consists of the work of the artist run organization September Split. Here are inflatable caveman accessories, wordgames, portable interior design, and documentation and a performance of a skateboard run on wheels made of chalk.


Ingrid Forland: Untitled + Sigrid Bendz: Inflatable Caveman Club


Kjetil Kristensen: Burnout


Kjetil Kristensen: State of Mind # 11 (Borderline Picturesque) + Sticks + I Want to Paint, I Want to Pollock my Pants


Anna Åstrand:
There is an hour
Square
Apple Pyramid
In a severe crash
Blue meets red
Piled
Three
Squeezed
The End


Geir Backe Altem & Gustav Samrelius: Chalkwheel workshop no.1


Sigrid Bendz: CAVE screensaver - Random Origami

New streetart in Stavanger

New streetart in Stavanger
Observed in May 2015

I just discovered some new art in public space. Maybe you have seen them too?


The artwork at Geoparken is constantly changing




Stencils by Strøk?


Almost ready for celebrating the Constitution Day at May 17th, just missing the flag

B-sides

B-sides
Anette Moi, Atle Østrem, Bust, C215, Chris Stain, Denial, Dotmasters, Dotdotdot, Ella & Pitr, Fru Bugge, Hama Woods, Hannah Parr, Hans Edward Hammonds, Icy & Sot, Jan Olav Forberg, Jannik Abel, La Staa, Line Osmundsen, M-City, MaisMenos, Martin Whatson, Mobstr, Nina Ghafari, SinnSyktShit, Wan Ho
8.-23.5.15
Reed Projects Gallery, Stavanger  
Art in LP cover size (12"x12") or made by LP covers.

Those of us who grew up before the nineties, remember the LP covers, and we all have our favourites. A great cover was almost as important as the music inside. The covers were often works of art, catching our attention or catching the essence of the music. The value of covers were largely reduced with the conversion to CD, and who really cares now in Spotify-times?

This nostalgia is the common factor of the "B-sides" exhibition. A vast number of different artist have been challenged to make artwork in LP-cover-size. Some took it quite literally, using real LP covers, others used LPs, while others only stuck to the size. Music is not surprisingly dominating when it comes to topics. Local artists are side-by-side with earlier visitors at the Nuart festival, plus some new names to Stavanger.

A brilliant idea, well put through, and again I am amazed of how much great art there is space for in this tiny gallery.























                            

Subsekvens

Subsekvens
Graduation exhibition 2015, Kunstskolen i Rogaland / Rogaland Art School
Silje-Ellin Vanilje Amdal, Ana Lily Bulatovic, Thomas Hau Djup, Solveig Hattaland, Mia Hellemo, Kim Huynh, Simon Eikaas Loken, Paulina Marchewka, Christine Nissen, Christian Ormøy, Espen Pedersen, Henriette R. Prytz, Frode Felipe Schelderup.
13.5.-6.6.15
Tou Scene Ølhallene, Stavanger

A new class of students are graduating from the Rogaland Art School. This time their graduation exhibition is in the beer halls at Tou Scene. Somehow I am pleased to see that the beer halls are kept in their raw conditions, in contrast to the well restored facilities upstairs in the same building. The students have got half a hall each, with enough space to do almost anything.

My favourites among the artwork are: The simple way of totally transforming a space into a maze by Thomas Hay Djup. The skillful way small items are presented in a large space by Henriette R. Prytz. The tranquil Japanese garden by Mia Hellemo. The magical shadow cityscape by Kim Huynh. And most of all the rough cardboard rock city by Frode Felipe Schelderup, as a rock'n'roll version of the annual Christmas gingerbread city in Stavanger.

The photos are shown in chronological order from hall to hall.


Thomas Hay Djup: Vekselvirkning


Solveig Hattaland: Dekkepapir


Christine Nissen: 28


Christian Ormøy: Ingen tittel nødvendig


Silje-Ellin Vanilje Amdal: For the he/art - A: Love me hardcore - B: Loveclown part II


Henriette R. Prytz: Her er så vakkert


Simon Eikaas Loken: Struktur


Ana Lily Bulatovic: Insides


Mia Hellemo: Tidens Tålmodighet


Paulina Marchewka: Drag Queen


Espen Pedersen: Styx


Frode Felipe Schjelderup: Rockscalibourgh


Kim Huynh: Et land er et menneske

Streetart at Harestad school

Harestad skole, Randaberg
Observed in May 2015
Stencil art

Someone's been busy at Harestad school in the center of Randaberg. The rain shelter used to be covered with colorful graffiti, now there is a flow of stencil art, and it also covers one of the scool buildings. Seems like a stencil artist has had a workshop for the schoolkids. This gives hope for the streetart future.

Løvetannparken

Løvetannparken
Liv Eiene
Visited in May 2015
Public art in a temporary park, Lervig, Stavanger

Stavanger municipality is planning a large park in Lervig, but not just yet. At the same time temporary heating facilities for the area needed to be placed somewhere. The great conclusion was to combine the temporary heating containers with a temporary park. The result is a eye-catching yellow complex of technical and playground items. And all bound together by the artwork by Liv Eiene. Artificial nature has been the theme for both the artwork and the architecture. The history of the area is presented on stylish signs.

Apchi

Apchi Team
Støperigata, Stavanger
May 2015
mural

Apchi Team goes large! The neo-retro abstract-geometrical art of the Apchi Team is great in small scale in public space, on canvas and on their studio walls. But now finally their work is also up in large scale. A bit hidden, behind an often closed fence, but this shows what they are good for. I hope to see more around, even more visible and larger.




Earlier posts about Apchi Team here.

Open doors at Tou Scene studios

Open doors at Tou Scene studios
The new studio building, Tou Scene, Stavanger
9.5.15

Step one of the grand transformation of Tou Scene into an even more important centre of art is finished: A large portion of the building complex has now been totally renewed and been taken in use by a limited number of fortunate visual artist. This day is was possible for visitors to admire their well-deserved new facilities and see what they were working on. Having thus experienced that Stavanger municipality spends money on such good causes, I am a happy tax payer.