Stian Ådlandsvik (in collaboration with Lutz-Rainer Müller), Still life with modern guilt, detail, 2010. Courtesy of the artist
Stian Ådlandsvik graduated in 2006 and holds a degree from HfBK
in Hamburg and the National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo. Through
an interplay of historical fact and artistic expression Stian
Ådlandsvik maps up unusual connections in international trade and
production systems questioning their organisational form and
examining their infliction on society. He processes historical and
contemporary events and objects, which he evaluates and
re-contextualises in the form of drawings, photographs and
sculptures. Recent exhibitions include 'Unfinished Business',
Waterside Project Space, London, UK, 'The Barentz Triennale',
Oslo/Tromsø, Norway/Rovaniemi, Finland/Helsinki, Finland/Murmansk,
Russia/Moscow, Russia, The Drawing Biennale 2010, Moss,
Norway, and 'W17', Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo with Lutz-Rainer
Müller.