SOFT galleri

Se Danuta Haremskas papir- og juteskulpturer i galleriet før vi stenger for sommeren. Utstillingen «Reminisenser» står til 23. august, men fra 29. juni til 31. juli har vi sommerstengt, og den kan da bare sees fra vinduet. Haremska er opptatt av det taktile og fysiske møtet med verket, så vi anbefaler en tur innom.

Natur og menneskelig aktivitet er knyttet tett sammen, og utstillingen tar for seg materialenes historie og vår bruk av naturressurser. Haremska ser det levende potensialet i et materiale som er omgjort til bruksformål, og stiller spørsmål ved om det har evne til å huske hva det har vært.

Åpent tors.-fre. 12.00-17.00, og lør. -søn. 12.00-16.00. Hjertelig velkommen!

tekstilkunsT

Thank you for a wonderful opening night yesterday! The exhibition Between One and the Next by Kristen Keegan, Magdalena Kotkowska and Jara Marken is up until 7th of June. You’re most welcome!

Tue-Fri 12-17, sat-sun 12-16.

Welcome to exhibition opening of Between One and The Next by Jara Marken, Magdalena Kotkowska and Kristen Keegan next week, Thursday 7th of May at 18.00-20.00.

The exhibition Between One and the Next presents new work by three young artists who, each in their own way, work with repetition, colour, sense, and memory using textiles as a framework. They each each bring a curiosity to textile processes, exploring the tactility of the handmade through the manipulation, creation, and de/re-construction of cloth.

Common to all three artists is that they work with methods that cannot be fully controlled. The path toward unexpected and unknown results is often a driving force of the work. Through dyeing, weaving, and plaiting techniques they work closely with their chosen materials, which include foraged plants, synthetic and natural dyes, and fabrics of different qualities. In this case they have developed entirely new projects that take each other– and SOFT galleri– into consideration.

The exhibition addresses the work of the hands as a way of thinking, and repetition as a generative approach. For each artist, a step-by-step method produces thoughts and forms that could not exist via premeditation or planning. Thus the textile medium becomes a site of discovery, a linking of chance and intention, and a bridge between past and present.

The exhibition is on until 7th of June. Welcome to the opening!