Flag exhibition: Sverre Gullesen
PORTAL
22.08.20 – 31.12.20
22.08.20 – 31.12.20
Norwegian artist Sverre Gullesen has been invited to present the project entitled PORTAL on the four flag poles located at the front and the facade of Kunstnernes Hus. The flags are a sculptural cluster of woollen textile made by the artist for this particular occasion. On the flag ceremony on August 22nd, Gullesen held a performative speech about the "portal" between facade and content, between the modern and what we call a home.
About the artist
Sverre Gullesen (b. 1980, Mo i Rana) is an artist who received his education at the Art Academy of Oslo and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Visuels de la Cambre in Brussels. He has previously worked with performance and social choreography, but since 2015 his work has primarily consisted of concrete reliefs and textile sculptures. He was the board director of Kunstnernes Hus and UKS, and is part of the board of OCA and Akershus Kunstsenter. Between 2006 and 2015, his collaboration with artists Steinar Haga Kristensen and Kristian Øverland Dahl established the art group D.O.R. and Gallery D.O.R. in Brussels. Selected exhibitions include Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; The Armory Show, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde; Akershus Kunstnersenter; Kristiansand Kunsthall; 222T, Oslo and NoPlace, Oslo. He currently works on projects to Kunstnernes Hus, Sandefjord kunstforening and Kunstnerforbundet.
