Kunsthall Stavanger

Exhibitions

June 4, 2018

Opening June 14: Bendik Kaltenborn / Skúladóttir & Blomgren

Kunsthall Stavanger is currently closed for the installation of two new exhibitions, opening on June 14 at 18:00.

The exhibition Tegning, form og farge by Norwegian illustrator Bendik Kaltenborn presents an extensive collection of Kaltenborn’s work and includes prints and a selection of original artworks spanning the entirety of his professional career. The exhibition is accompanied by the publication Tegning, Form og Farge, a collection of over 300 pages of the artist’s designs along with a selection of texts and commentary.

Kaltenborn is a Norwegian illustrator living in Oslo, who illustrates for the New York Times and The New Yorker on a regular basis, as well as handling the visual communication of DJ, song writer and record producer Todd Terje. Kaltenborn is also a cartoonist, and is co-founder and part of the Norwegian comic collective Dongery. Read more here.

Concurrently, we are excited to reveal a site-specific installation by artist duo Skúladóttir & Blomgren, curated by Randi Grov Berger as part of the 2018 Vestlandsutstillingen. Skúladóttir & Blomgren have worked together for several years making site-specific installations, and their large-scale sculptural work incorporates material information and impulses from the surrounding nature, local history and architectural features. Read more here.

Welcome to opening reception Thursday 14 June at. 18.00 - 21.00

The opening will include a showcase from the Chamber Music Festival by cellist Olav Stener Olsen and DJ set by Espen Friberg and Bendik Kaltenborn.

Interviews

May 9, 2018

Interview: Espen Sommer Eide

On May 12, 2018, artist and musician Espen Sommer Eide will perform at Kunsthall Stavanger as Phonophani in collaboration with the Austrian video artist Lia. Below, the artists answers our questions about the intersection of music and visual art, performative fieldwork, and newest record Animal Imagination.

Kids

May 7, 2018

Sign up for the Kids' Art Club Fall Semester!

Join our Kids' Art Club! Registration is now open for the Fall Semester, with the theme "Do It Yourself!". We will work with textile, mixed media, fanzines, and lithography.

With artists Hans Edward Hammonds, Anna Ihle and Espen Birkedal, Martin Mentzoni, Solveig Landa and curator Margrethe Aanestad.

Sundays 26/08 – 23/9 – 21/10– 18/11 – 02/12

1.-5. grade 16.00-18.00

5.-10. grade 18.00-20.00

Price: 200 kr for family members / 500 kr non-members (we encourage you to sign up as a family member to receive the lower price, plus additional benefits).

For more information and registration, contact us at info@kunsthallstavanger.no

Kids

May 4, 2018

Kunsthall Stavanger is helping the voices of tomorrow be heard!

Foto: Kristina Ketola Bore

This semester Kunsthall Stavanger has initiated a new project together with guest curator Kristina Ketola Bore called Mobilizing Citizenship. The art mediation project is aimed at young people aged 12-16 with no prior exposure to art mediation or formal art education. During the semester, the youth will meet and collaborate with six different artists and be introduced to artistic strategies and methods in a workshop format. One of the main goals is that the participants will build a sense of ownership over their surroundings and see themselves as autonomous agents with the possibility to partake in public discourse.

Artists

May 2, 2018

Interview: Renate Müller

German artist Renate Müller's exhibition of revolutionary toy designs is on view at Kunsthall Stavanger from April 5–June 3, 2018. With her marriage of unique designs and traditional techniques, Müller has managed to create objects for children that are equally beautiful and useful. Below, Müller elaborates on her background in toy design and the theoretical ideas regarding early childhood development that drive her work.