Anja Carr, Petter Buhagen and Monica Winther at Akershus Kunstsenter

The artists currently exhibited at AKS are Anja Carr, Petter Buhagen and Monica Winther. All three solo exhibitions comes with a kind of dreamy impression - all in their own way.

The exhibition is standing until the 28th of October, so check it out for yourself!
Opening hours can be found at AKS homepage, here.

The exhibition starts in the first floor, with the main gallery room consisting of one piece from each artist. Pictures and thoughts about all three exhibitions will be posted soon!

Main exhibition room

Petter Buhagen 

Anja Carr

Monica Winther

Olve Sande "Flats" at Akershus Kunstsenter

The other exhibition, that was in house when I started my internship, was Olve Sandes exhibition of flats in different expressions and materials. His work is detailed and accurate, maybe in contrast to the other exhibition in house? The different pieces of the exhibition floats into each other, as forms and details from one piece is used "with a twist" in another, and I get a peaceful and almost meditative state of mind by walking through the rooms.

"Floorpiece in yellow and white"
by Olve Sande 

"No better cure than Business" and "Working for Abstraction (Big Black)"
by Olve Sande

"Possler totem II" and "Possler totem I"
by Olve Sande

"Linoleum Composition in Grey with Knife" and "To Skim Flat Dreams (blue)"
by Olve Sande

"Bolton Landing Flats"
by Olve Sande

"Draving No. 1"
by Olve Sande

"Forms of Continuety"
by Olve Sande

"Working for Abstraction I and II" and "Dedication to M."
by Olve Sande

"Untitled Sculpture work" and "To Lie Down upon Nikita"

Clemens Behr and Olve Sande at Akershus Kunstsenter

For 10 weeks this fall I will be in an internship at Akershus Kunstsenter in Lillestrøm, 10 minutes from Oslo. There will be three exhibitions during my internship, and I will try to present them all on this blog.

The first exhibition I got to experience from "the inside" was Clemens Behr's "Suspended bins and broken windows" and Olve Sande's "Flats". Unfortunately the exhibition is down already, I helped dismantling it, but feel free to have a taste of what it was like through my eyes and impressions.

Here comes the first part, stand by for Olve Sande soon!


Clemens Behr
"Suspended bins and broken windows"

Akershus Kunstsenter, wall piece by Clemens Behr

Approaching the premises, the first piece of the exhibition visualizes. Clemens Behr is known for his origami-like pieces made from cardboard and other recycled, thrown-away and used materials. In this exhibition the main material is wood and other building materials, like plasterboards and plexiglas.

Inside the first room of the exhibition, "a mess of" building materials is installed in the room from floor to roof. I meet chaos, but somehow a nice chaos. Clean and obviously made with a smile. The spots of life in the green plants softens the expression and the linearity of the piece.

Clemens Behr

Clemens Behr

Clemens Behr

Walking the exhibition with Tor Arne Samuelsen, the exhibition-manager of AKS and my supervisor during my time at AKS, told me it reminded him of building tree-houses in the woods as children, and I felt it suited just fine for the feeling of the room.

The second part of the exhibition was made out of pieces of painted plexiglas, both as wall-pieces and sculptures.

Clemens Behr

Clemens Behr

Clemens Behr

The peace and softness of the visual expression, combined with the hard and sharp texture of the glass stood in great contrast to the chaotic but softened first impression. The green plants could also be found in this room, connecting the two exhibition rooms with life.

The last piece was made of two plastic garbage bins, cut and made floating in the air on invisible strings.

Clemens Behr

Portfolio and website

The last year of my bachelor started with making a portfolio to show what I have been working on the last couple of years. I have also started making my own website, and my portfolio is the first content on this page. Please have a look, and as always, -all comments are welcome!

Format, scene, placing and colors taking shape

Alt 1

Alt 2

The above alternatives, or a combination of them is probably the final scenes for my exam. I have worked with scene, format, coloring, placing of objects, generating space in the picture and drawing techniques. So far the period have gone well, and I am happy with both the process and the preliminary result.

I plan to use next week to write about ideas and references, and start testing paper quality. I have an idea of using different texture in paper on the two pictures, to further emphasize the different feelings of the two.


Preliminary list of references/inspiration:

• "Brave new world" by Aldous Huxley
• "1984" by George Orwell
• Håkon Bleken
• William Kentridge
• Pushwagener
• "Pubertet" av Edvard Munch 

Exam - Contrasts

This years exam is about contrasts. I started up with a vague idea of what kind of contrasts I would like to explore in this project, and after having a sit-down with my drawing teacher, I have found out what I will work with the next weeks.

The darkness and the light within people and within the society we create around us, the seemingly innocent misleading of others, resulting in misleading ourselves and creating a society where true feelings and honesty gets in the shadow of lies and betrayal. A world where you don't trust anyone, not even yourself.

I have decided to use the photos from my photo assignment earlier this year, and make one or more drawings from this. I want to see if I can further emphasize the contrasts in the scene with my drawing, and have started with the format and the placing of the objects on the paper. I have also started testing with different techniques and tools to find out what combination of these will help giving the drawing the right feeling and expression.

"Float or Sink"

The "Out of the comfort zone" project was presented at school a couple of weeks ago. I have already started working on my exam project for this year, but felt I had to present also the last project here on my blog before I give all my attention to the exam.

"Float or Sink"

Staying afloat can be a challenge, both physically and mentally. The trick is to pick up a form and create yourself from a material able to hold you up. Having flow requires being afloat, but will not necessarily come as a natural consequence of being afloat. Flow involves more movement and energy than just the stabilizing force that allows you to stay afloat. Stability and movement are fundamental elements to move on, being in the water, in life or as a society in general.

Exhibition of "Float or Sink" with sketches and inspirations

I have really loved working with this coal and pastel picture! I have learned a lot about light and shadows, and the color added with the pastel really helped giving the picture the depth and tone it needed to be interesting. All in all, a lot of good learning before the final project of this year, -my exam.