Else Hagen: Between Humans
Thursday, January 16
Else Hagen is known for her visually rich artistic production. She worked with painting, graphics and site-specific works in public buildings. She executed several large commissions, including the large mosaic Samfunn (‘Society’) in the stairwell of the Norwegian Parliament.
Using a modern abstract idiom, her works challenge traditional notions of family life and gender roles. Hagen emphasised the formal composition and abstract elements of painting, often mixing motifs about close relationships, fault-lines in the nuclear family, and the experience of women.
With almost 70 works, the exhibition explores Hagen’s entire career. Besides its focus on paintings from the 1940s and 50s, and the artist’s graphic production, it also includes a selection of her later material-based works.
The exhibition is a collaboration between Stavanger Art Museum, Trondheim Art Museum, the National Museum and the Kristiansand Kunstsilo. It is on show in Oslo until March, when it moves to Kristiansand, the last venue.
DATE/TIME: Thursday, January 16 at 11:45 (for 12:00)
SIGN UP: To Inger Mé Ræder by email as soon as possible and no later than January 9.
PLACE: The National Museum, Brynjulf Bulls Plass 3, 0250 Oslo
PRICE: The entrance fee is NOK 200.- for adults should be paid at the Museum (National Museum members have free entry and may each bring one guest for free.)
A fee of NOK 125.- is charged for the guided tour. Please make your paymentpreferably by VIPPS to 591747 or pay by bank transfer to the Forum account: 1600 40 36631. Please state the event and your name in the transaction (in the dialogue box for VIPPS and in the KID-number box for bank payments).
We need at least 12 participants for the tour to be held.
Maximum participants: 25
For last-minute cancellations, please call Inger Ræder.