Galleri Riis

Stein Rønning’s ‘Feininger’ photographic series and ‘dstnc’ sculpture series

Rønning’s exhibition “Script-intern II” is on view through June 27.

More about the various series exhibited:

The exhibition features works from two series of sculptures that date back over three decades. One series has over the years been given the title ‘dstnc’, which points out that they were first made to create a distance in considering them as objects, and at the same time denotes the fact that they have been moved away from this starting point through several iterations which have been generated using both analogue and digital tools. In the latest generation 4.0., manual reading has been used to scan a digitized form. A series of small formats are cast in bronze and some slightly larger ones are cast in plaster and coated with iron oxide in shellac. The second series is titled ‘dbl blnd’ and refers to the fact that these works were made blindly. This exhibition features versions of generation 3.0., which are subtracted enlargements by eye measurement of a triangulated digital form based on photographs of the first generation. One version here is in celadonite in shellac on plaster, and another in bone black on silver gelatin on plaster and kaolin bound in cellulose.

Furthermore, works from four groups of photographic images are shown. Some of the footage used in these works date back twenty years and some are completely new. The groups have associative titles such as ‘Red dust’ which points to Ma Jian’s book from 2003. ‘Albers / Arnolfini’ is a series of green images, the ‘Cranach’ series has a dark ground and ‘Feininger’ consists of gradients. Structurally they originate from the same “image”, where light reflected from juxtaposed pairs of closed boxes is thrown into a darkened box that is punctured, i.e. the camera.



Installation photography: Adrian Bugge

Upcoming: Stein Rønning / Script-intern II
Fredrik Söderberg / At the Feet of the Guru (Revisited)
May 28 - June 27, 2026

On Thursday, May 28 both exhibitions will be open from 12pm. Drinks reception from 6-8pm.