Toril Johannessen, Kjetil Kausland & Sveinung Rudjord Unneland
01 - 30 Apr 2011
TORIL JOHANNESSEN, KJETIL KAUSLAND & SVEINUNG RUDJORD UNNELAND
1 - 30 April, 2011
With this exhibition Lautom focuses on how artists today are working across genres. Artists are to a lesser degree than before limited to one medium, it is no longer as common to define the artist as a sculptor, painter, or photography artist. It is the artist's different projects that determines the medium. Their ideas are not adapted to a medium, it is the nature of the project that determines the means of expression, as the artist seeks to find the form that visualizes the idea the best. In this exhibition, Lautom wants to present sculpture projects by three young artists who's practices do not follow a classical sculptural tradition.
Toril Johannessen investigates how art and science affect our view of the world. She cross-connects, speculates, investigates and constructs connections between art and science, and uses her background from the arts to look at the history of science with a new approach. In Expansion in Finance and Physics she examines if the ideas of the infinite and expansion in physics have influenced economic thinking.
Kjetil Kausland is primarily known for his project in which competitors of mixed martial arts are in focus, this has primarily taken the form of photographs, intimate portraits of men in battle where the vulnerability and the concentration in their eyes have been the focus. But the project has also resulted in videos and a performance, when he entered the cage himself in a professional MMA match at the Teatergarasjen in Bergen in 2008. In this exhibition, he shows a sculpture, which is the first work in a new project where people with transformation fantasies will be in focus, fantasies that are associated with specific creatures which are always a hybrid of an animal or fantasy creature and a human. Kjetil Kausland wishes to thank Stuart Richard Land.
Sveinung Rudjord Unneland's oeuvre is playful and complex. He works with painting and sculpture with a large variation in both expression and form. The artist's intention is not always easy to decipher, combinations may seem strange and references may be difficult to read. Unneland's work is often characterized by a duality, he invites us to find our own associations confronted with the work. He does rarely seek to tell us something explicit, he wants the works to enter into an intuitive dialogue with the audience. His thoughts and motivations for the works are normally not intended as a denouement, he would rather that the viewers make their own interpretations.
Toril Johannessen (1978, NO) has an MA from the Art Academy in Bergen. She is currently taking part in the exhibition Space. About a Dream at Kunsthalle Wien. In May she will participate in the exhibition The End of Money at Witte de With in Rotterdam. In fall, she will have her first solo exhibition at LAUTOM. Among previous exhibitions are the solo show Transcendental Physics at No5 in Bergen Kunsthall, BGO1 at the Bergen Art Museum in 2010 and in 2009 From Now On - New Nordic Photography at the Hasselblad Center in Gothenburg. Toril Johannessen is currently at the Mountain School of Art in Los Angeles, USA. She lives and works in Bergen and LA.
Kjetil Kausland (1972, NO) has his Masters degree from the Art Academy in Bergen. This summer he will participate in Prague Quadrennial of the Performing Arts in the Czech Republic. In the autumn of 2010 was Kausland the festival artist at Trondheim Documentary Festival and he took part in the BGO1 at the Bergen Art Museum. In the coming fall a publication will be released by Teknisk Industri, in which Kausland's MMA project is gathered. He had his first solo show at No5, Bergen Kunsthall in 2006. Kjetil Kausland lives and work in Bergen.
Sveinung Rudjord Unneland (1981, NO) is educated at the Art Academy in Bergen with a Master degree from 2007. In 2010, he had two solo shows, Palinca Pastorale at HKS in Bergen, and one at LNM in Oslo. In the winter of 2010/11, he participated in the exhibition BGO1 at the Bergen Art Museum. He has previously participated in the group exhibitions Weird Science at the Waterside project space in London, The Last Resort in the M4gastatelier in Amsterdam, the Inland Empire at Christian Kunstforening and Tempo 2008 in Skien. Sveinung Rudjord Unneland lives and works in Bergen.
1 - 30 April, 2011
With this exhibition Lautom focuses on how artists today are working across genres. Artists are to a lesser degree than before limited to one medium, it is no longer as common to define the artist as a sculptor, painter, or photography artist. It is the artist's different projects that determines the medium. Their ideas are not adapted to a medium, it is the nature of the project that determines the means of expression, as the artist seeks to find the form that visualizes the idea the best. In this exhibition, Lautom wants to present sculpture projects by three young artists who's practices do not follow a classical sculptural tradition.
Toril Johannessen investigates how art and science affect our view of the world. She cross-connects, speculates, investigates and constructs connections between art and science, and uses her background from the arts to look at the history of science with a new approach. In Expansion in Finance and Physics she examines if the ideas of the infinite and expansion in physics have influenced economic thinking.
Kjetil Kausland is primarily known for his project in which competitors of mixed martial arts are in focus, this has primarily taken the form of photographs, intimate portraits of men in battle where the vulnerability and the concentration in their eyes have been the focus. But the project has also resulted in videos and a performance, when he entered the cage himself in a professional MMA match at the Teatergarasjen in Bergen in 2008. In this exhibition, he shows a sculpture, which is the first work in a new project where people with transformation fantasies will be in focus, fantasies that are associated with specific creatures which are always a hybrid of an animal or fantasy creature and a human. Kjetil Kausland wishes to thank Stuart Richard Land.
Sveinung Rudjord Unneland's oeuvre is playful and complex. He works with painting and sculpture with a large variation in both expression and form. The artist's intention is not always easy to decipher, combinations may seem strange and references may be difficult to read. Unneland's work is often characterized by a duality, he invites us to find our own associations confronted with the work. He does rarely seek to tell us something explicit, he wants the works to enter into an intuitive dialogue with the audience. His thoughts and motivations for the works are normally not intended as a denouement, he would rather that the viewers make their own interpretations.
Toril Johannessen (1978, NO) has an MA from the Art Academy in Bergen. She is currently taking part in the exhibition Space. About a Dream at Kunsthalle Wien. In May she will participate in the exhibition The End of Money at Witte de With in Rotterdam. In fall, she will have her first solo exhibition at LAUTOM. Among previous exhibitions are the solo show Transcendental Physics at No5 in Bergen Kunsthall, BGO1 at the Bergen Art Museum in 2010 and in 2009 From Now On - New Nordic Photography at the Hasselblad Center in Gothenburg. Toril Johannessen is currently at the Mountain School of Art in Los Angeles, USA. She lives and works in Bergen and LA.
Kjetil Kausland (1972, NO) has his Masters degree from the Art Academy in Bergen. This summer he will participate in Prague Quadrennial of the Performing Arts in the Czech Republic. In the autumn of 2010 was Kausland the festival artist at Trondheim Documentary Festival and he took part in the BGO1 at the Bergen Art Museum. In the coming fall a publication will be released by Teknisk Industri, in which Kausland's MMA project is gathered. He had his first solo show at No5, Bergen Kunsthall in 2006. Kjetil Kausland lives and work in Bergen.
Sveinung Rudjord Unneland (1981, NO) is educated at the Art Academy in Bergen with a Master degree from 2007. In 2010, he had two solo shows, Palinca Pastorale at HKS in Bergen, and one at LNM in Oslo. In the winter of 2010/11, he participated in the exhibition BGO1 at the Bergen Art Museum. He has previously participated in the group exhibitions Weird Science at the Waterside project space in London, The Last Resort in the M4gastatelier in Amsterdam, the Inland Empire at Christian Kunstforening and Tempo 2008 in Skien. Sveinung Rudjord Unneland lives and works in Bergen.