OCA International — In Brief

Norwegian Artists and Curators Abroad
Selected International Venues

Biennials

Ida Ekblad participates in
'The Generational: Younger Than Jesus'
The New Museum, New York, USA
From 8 April to 14 June 2009

Ida Ekblad is currently exhibiting within 'Younger Than Jesus', the first edition of The Generational, a new triennial established by the New Museum, New York, NY exploring the work of artists born after 1976. Within 'The Generational: Younger Than Jesus', Ida Ekblad is exhibiting the work Untitled (M), (2008), which consists of eight connected works produced with ink and chlorine on hand-dyed watercolour paper. She is also presenting works from the series On Other, in which she re-photographs ethnographical an anthropological images, overwriting them with slogans such as 'rainbow children' and 'tolerance'. 'The Generational: Younger Than Jesus' occupies the entire New Museum's building with approximately 145 works by 50 artists, among them Cory Arcangel, Tauba Auerbach, Cao Fei, Ryan Gander and Patricia Esquivias – all of whom are under the age of thirty-three. Organised by Lauren Cornell, Director of Rhizome and New Museum Adjunct Curator; Massimiliano Gioni, Director of Special Exhibitions, New Museum; and Laura Hoptman, Kraus Family Senior Curator, New Museum, 'Younger Than Jesus' took shape through an open curatorial model in which more than 150 contributors from around the world recommended artists for the exhibition.

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Solo Exhibitions and Projects

Ole John Aandal has been invited to hold a solo exhibition at Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Factory 798 Art district, Beijing. The Exhibition is produced and coordinated by Porsgrunn Art Society in collaboration with curator Carol Lu. At Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Ole John Aandal will exhibit the work Juvenilia – Constructing a Soul in Capitalist Societies, which consists of 22 works photographs of adolescents self-portraits collected and recycled from the Internet. From 13 June to 12 July 2009

Group Exhibitions

Following a visit of Maria Lind, Director of the Graduate Program, Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS), Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA and a guest in OCA's International Visitor Programme in February 2009, Marianne Heier has been invited to exhibit within 'Protective Coloration' at the CCS. According to the curator, Nico Vicario, the lens-based works exhibited within 'Protective Coloration' 'engage the strategy of the monochrome but do not seek an absolute or a purely optical art, instead rendering flat spaces that camouflage representation through the shroud, the crop, or the zoom'. Other exhibiting artists are Iñaki Bonillas, Liz Deschenes and Morgan Fisher. 'Protective Coloration' takes place from 19 April to 24 May 2009.

Sissel Tolaas has been invited to exhibit within 'sk-interfaces', at Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg from 25 September 2009 to 10 January 2010. Curated by Jens Hauser, 'sk-interfaces' features works by artists reflecting on the way current technologies are changing our lives by progressively replacing natural interface in the skin. Within the exhibition, Sissel Tolaas will present the project Fear, in which she collects and displays the smell of different men who have nothing in common but the fear of body contact.

Inger Lise Hansen has been invited by independent curator Paolo Bianchi to exhibit within 'Höehenrausch', a public art project organised by OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria and taking place until 27 September 2009. Part of 'Capital of Culture Year Linz09', the exhibition proposes a tour along a cleverly designed system of routes in which the visitors will experience the highpoints of Linz. For 'Höehenrausch' Hansen will develop a new film work where the artist investigates the roof surface to present the viewer with a different experience of the site.

Curators Anna Martine Nilsen, Kalle Brolin and Graciela Taquinu, professor at the University of Buenos Aires have invited Sabina Jacobsson, Birgitte Sigmundstad, Astrid Johannessen and Lotte Konow Lund to participate in 'Paralelos y Meridianos' at the Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 'Paralelos y Meridianos' consist of two platforms – a screening of video works from Argentina, Sweden and Norway – and takes place from 20 to 25 July 2009.

Sverre Strandberg and Anna Daniell are currently participating in the exhibition 'Nordic Design' at Total Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul, South Korea. According to Amie Ann, the exhibition's Art Director, 'Nordic Design' aims to introduce to the Korean visitors characteristics of Nordic design, such as functionality and simplicity. Among other artists exhibiting are Sami Rinne and Ribo. The exhibition closes on 24 May.

Per Kristian Nygård and Are Blytt have been invited to exhibit within 'Exile' at Kunstcentret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark. The exhibition investigates the concept of exile – to be or feel homeless. The artists' duo will exhibit Narnita, a work consisting of video, paintings, drawings and photograph that deal with transsexuals. 'Exile' is curated by the Kunstcentret Silkeborg Bad and Pro Artist Groupz and will be on view from 16 May to 30 August.

Liv Bugge is invited to hold a solo exhibition at We-Project in Brussels, Belgium from 20 May to 7 June 2009. Within the exhibition, curated by Gauthier Hubert and titled 'You make me want to die in the countryside', the artist will present the sculpture work The Inner Station and three video installations that reflects on the novel The Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad.

Sopina Irina, Director Murmansk Art and Craft Center, in Murmansk, Russia has invited Brit Haldis Fuglevaag to hold a solo exhibition and present a workshop at Murmansk Art and Craft Center. The exhibition, curated by Brit Haldis Fuglevaa and Sopina Irina focuses on Norwegian tapestry and can be visit until 31 May.