Observingarts: KODE Bergen - Art in battle, 4 Sep 2015 to 7 Feb 2016

 Albert Janesch, "Wassersport", (1936)
Deutsche Historische Museum, Berlin

"Art in Battle addresses how art and art institutions were used by the Nazi regime in Germany and in occupied Norway, exploring a dark chapter in Norwegian and European art history. Nazism’s extreme efforts to “purge” society of unwanted elements have deeply marked Western culture. Art functioned in this context as an arena for an ideological battle". More at: KODE

Observingarts: DOT DOT DOT at Galleri-a Oslo, 10.09 - 20.09 2015

DOT DOT DOT

10th of september – 20th of september 2015

 Dot Dot Dot returns to Galleri A and A minor with his new solo exhibition URBEAUX presenting his new artistic and project based direction. The anonymous artist has created several works for domestic and international festivals like Nuart in Stavanger, as well as PROJECT M during URBAN NATION in Berlin. He is known for his satirical view on the street art scene and its self-imposed grandeur along with the players who have transformed the format from the street and into the world of multinational commercialisation. More at: galleri-a.no

Observingarts: Samu Noguchi \ 1000 Horsepower Heart

collecteursIsamu Noguchi \ 1000 Horsepower Heart, ca. 1938 (plaster & paint)

Observingarts: Top 10 exhibitions opening September

Courtesy Museum of Islamic Art, Doha.

The Hunt: Masterpieces from Qatari and Turkish Royal Collections, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, 16 September–9 January 2016. 

Full post and list og exhibitions at Sothebys blog

Observingarts: Yayoi Kusama "Infinity Room", DnB Oslo

Yayoi Kusama "Infinity Room" - mind expanding!

Observingarts: Pipilotti Rist: The Shimmering Solution - The Tender Pixel Storm.

Pipilotti Rist: The Shimmering Solution - The Tender Pixel Storm

Installation with printed backlit screens, 1200 m2, Statoil, Fornebu, Oslo (2011)

I came across this monument the other day. The architecture of a-lab - "Five elements" - is so strikin it hardly allows for integration of artwork in the exterior. You are inside before you really have gotten to see Rist's enormous installation. Gazing to the sky from the ground in a transit area is awkward and leaves you with fractures of what should really be a great experience. The artwork becomes more of a gem for the building than an artwork in its own right. Size is not the only thing that matters.

Get more background on the artist from this short clip made by SF MOMA:

 

Observingarts: Refugees returning home. Kai Fjell.

Life is fragile for every refugee.

Detail from painting by Kai Fjell: "Refugees returning home", 1944. Oil on canvas 122 x 170 cm. 

In the collection of  Nordea Bank of Norway. Exhibited at Bomuldsfabrikken last month.  

Observingarts: Theovan Doesburg, De Stijl

guggenheimDutch artist#TheovanDoesburg was among the founders of the#DeStijl movement with the group's original members Vilmos Huszár, Piet Mondrian, Bart van der Leck, and Georges Vantongerloo. In 1924, van Doesburg rebelled against Mondrian’s programmatic insistence on the restriction of line to vertical and horizontal orientations, and began to produce "Counter-Compositions." His 1925-26 "Counter-Composition XIII" is part of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection

Observingarts: Gallery Würth,Oslo, announces opening of "Landscape"

Alex Katz, Hyllest til Monet 10, Oil on canvas, 2009, Inv.14505 

Gallery Würth in Oslo announces opening of the exhibition "Landscape" - Works from the Sammlung Würth. The exhibition presents a selection of images and sculptures and covers a period of 130 years of modern art history. Artists such as Edvard Munch, Heinrich von Zügel, Anselm Kiefer, Gerhard Richter and Alex Katz is represented. More info at: www.wuerth.no/galleri

Observingarts: ‘Lilith and Olaf’ by Ella & Pitr, world largest outdoor mural in Norway

If size matters: big news!

The really intriguing part is how drones enters and opens up for new scenes of art.

Full story in Huffpost

Observingarts: Donald Wu, "Car" at beat collection

The beat art collection of Reidar Wennesland is exhibited at Digital Museum. This is really a treasure chest for anybody with a hang up on beat art!

"Car"

Donald Wu

94 x 78 cm

Christoffer Fjeldstad at Gallery Haaken, Oslo

Christoffer Fjeldstad, "Love", 140 x100 cm 

To view more of his work, go to: http://www.christofferfjeldstad.no/paintings-2011-2004/
of visit http://www.gallerihaaken.com/utstillinger.php

Craig LaRotonda, "A peculiar arrangement"

Craig LaRotonda, "A peculiar arrangement". Detail from oil on board.

Going West? Urs Fischer Fountains Sep 15 - Oct 17, 2015 Gagosian, Beverly Hills

• gagosiangalleryGagosian Gallery exhibits Urs Fischer  "Fountains", Sep 15 - Oct 17, 2015 Beverly Hills. Worth a look or take a silent view at a previous exhibition by Fischer at Gagosian Gallery here: 

Craig LaRotonda - 20 minutos, Spain

Craig LaRotonda 

La Stranger Factory, una de las galerías pivotales del enigmático surrealismo pop, propone al trío de artistas para iniciar la nueva temporada. Titzer presenta inquietantes figuras de madera pintada y Earles juega con la falsa inocencia del estilo clásico de las ilustraciones infantiles. LaRotonda se interna en lo tenebroso en 'Un consorcio de almas perdidas'.