Artists
statements
God is There
March 29 - April 29, 2007
You
are welcome to join us for the opening reception
Thursday, March 29, 6-8 pm
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Artist’s
Statement - Grete
Refsum
In Trygve Lie Gallery I am showing experimental rosaries
and a text in glass cuts written on the floor. The
rosary is a material object and a set of prayers that
serves as an aid to contemplation. Rosaries are used
in all the higher world religions. |
The
underlying idea of my work is to highlight this shared element
within religious practices. New interpretations of the rosary
may open new perspectives within Christian contexts and
invite dialogue with other kinds of belief.
In the work exhibited meditation is explored through
form. Simple elements are meticulously bound together
by hand into transparent webs. By choosing natural
and waste materials I connect environmental concern
and religion. Visual and textual expressions are interwoven
in a subtle way that challenges our understanding
of prayer, language and interpretation in today’s
world. |
Rosary,
detail (glass and wire) - Photo: Mark Cabot
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Artist’s
Statement Marianne
Rønnow
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Our
little blue planet is swimming in the gigantic,
black, sparkling sea of the universe. |
A little fish is swimming in the ocean asking all
the other fish passing by: Excuse me, could you
tell me where the ocean is? Where is God? A child
is playing in the sun. She makes drawings in the
sand with a bamboo. Her shadow seems to tell a story
about light and life on earth. Her name is Veronica.
God is there.
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My
Lord is a child, this I know (print) Photo: Marianne
Rønnow.
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Artist’s
Statement - Barbro
Raen Thomassen
For the exhibition in New York I have chosen to write
a story about my hero, Torstein, and to embroider
it. Torstein was my neighbour most of his short life.
He was multi-handicapped and could not speak. Torstein
had, however, a special gift to touch people by his
mere presence. |
And he loved music. The embroidered story tells what
happened when Torstein went to a concert with Ann
Sinclair, who visited Norway summer 2004. Why embroider
the story? Why not choose an easier way? Embroidering
takes a lot of time. And yet the months of stitching
are not enough to finish the story mentally.When I
have completed the English version I will start all
over again and embroider a Norwegian one. Because
I have been touched. |
Barbro
Raen Thommasen: Torstein,
detail embroidery. Photo: Mirjam Raen Thomassen
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You
are welcome to join us for the opening reception
Thursday, March 29, 6-8 pm
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