SILENT CITIES
Oct 11 - Nov 11

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The exhibition Silent Cities - reflections on urbanity, civilization, time and decay features paintings by Christopher Rådlund and music by composer Marcus Paus.

Composer Marcus Paus and painter Christopher Rådlund have an ongoing collaboration which has resulted in several exhibitions, 2 CD´s, joint efforts as artists-in-residence of last year's Festival for Church, Art & Culture in Norway, and numerous mutually inspired works of art and music. Trygve Lie Gallery in New York are happy to present this exhibition & concert which features new works sharing the theme Silent Cities; reflections on urbanity, civilization, time and decay. Rådlund has completed new paintings for this exhibition and the project also involves a special music piece for trio written especially for project by composer Marcus Paus.

About the artists:

Christopher Rådlund was born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1970, but he has lived in Norway since 1991. He is educated at the Art Industry School in Gothenburg, the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, the Art Academy of Umeå among other places. Rådlund is primarily working with paintings and graphic art. His first solo exhibition was in Galleri 27 in Oslo in 1998 and since then he has had several solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions. He has also been the editor of the periodical Kilden and has been guest editor in the periodical Aorta. He is one of the driving forces behind the art organization Frie Kunster in Oslo. The picture at the top of this page is named Moscow and is taken from the series Silent Cities by Christopher Rådlund (Oil on canvas - 30x80cm).

Marcus Paus (b.1979) studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music and at the Manhattan School of Music. His catalogue includes solo works, chamber and orchestral music, opera, songs and choral works, and also several scores for stage and screen. His music has been commissioned and performed throughout Europe and the United States. Paus has served as festival composer for both the Winter Chamber Music Festival in Røros 2002, and the Kristiansund Festival for Church, Arts and Culture 2006. The latter saw the premiere of his Symphony no.1 under the baton of Arve Tellefsen. Paus' second opera, "The Witches" (based on a novel by Roald Dahl) will be premiered at Gloppen Music Festival in Norway in the summer of 2008. Paus is the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship, and the American-Scandinavian Foundation's Mathilde Aas Memorial Scholarship. Marcus Paus is a member of the Norwegian Society of Composers, and his works are published by Norsk Musikforlag.

Oct 11 – Nov 11, 2007

This project is sponsored in part by
The American-Scandinavian Foundation
The Andrew E. and G. Norman Wigeland Fund.

Admission is free, and the exhibit is open to the public.
Opening hours: Monday – Thursday: 12-7. Friday - Sunday: 12-5.
Where: Trygve Lie Gallery, 317 East 52nd St., New York (between 1. and 2. Avenues).