Lina Viste Grønli
H Is for How Dare You Concern Yourself With Art When the World Is Collapsing Around You and There Are a Million More Important Things To Do (in Support of Palestine), 2023
Cotton Rug, metal spoons, silicone slue, cotton thread. 61cm x 91.5 cm
This work has been created in support of humanitarian efforts in Gaza. The artwork is available for collection, and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians). To express interest in purchasing the artwork, please email info@kunsthallstavanger.no.
Grønli has also created an A4 poster version of the original ‘H’, available for download in the Context section below (scroll down), with a suggested donation of €20 to MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians).
In 2013, Kunsthall Stavanger opened its first exhibition, Thinging, by the artist Lina Viste Grønli. On the Kunsthall’s 10th
Lina Viste Grønli
H Is for How Dare You Concern Yourself With Art When the World Is Collapsing Around You and There Are a Million More Important Things To Do (in Support of Palestine), 2023
Cotton Rug, metal spoons, silicone slue, cotton thread. 61cm x 91.5 cm
This work has been created in support of humanitarian efforts in Gaza. The artwork is available for collection, and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians). To express interest in purchasing the artwork, please email info@kunsthallstavanger.no.
Grønli has also created an A4 poster version of the original ‘H’, available for download in the Context section below (scroll down), with a suggested donation of €20 to MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians).
In 2013, Kunsthall Stavanger opened its first exhibition, Thinging, by the artist Lina Viste Grønli. On the Kunsthall’s 10th anniversary, we present a new sculpture by Grønli. The sculpture is the most recent iteration of her ongoing ‘H’ series. In 2006, Grønli created her first ‘H’ sculpture in 2.5-meter red plywood, taking up most of her tiny studio space at IASPIS, Stockholm. Several other iterations have emerged since then, mostly during times of intense social and political turmoil, to reveal the dualities and paradoxes contained in an artist’s life and practice.The various versions differ in materials, scale and intended context.
Photos: Helle Navratil.
Lina Viste Grønli (b. 1976 in Stavanger, lives and works in Oslo, Norway and Somerville, Massachusetts) points to paradox or excess in language, where text becomes material by spilling over its conceptual boundaries. Combining semiotic sculpture and collage techniques, found and appropriated materials, Grønli’s work operates within the excess of oppositional forms of language—words and things—revealing a space of free play. Grønli has exhibited at venues including Kunsthall Stavanger, MIT List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, SculptureCenter in New York, and Kunsthalle Wien.
