Underskog

Still image from After Day and Night, 2010. 24h animation (12h cycle). Courtesy LAUTOM contemporary and the artist.

Ane Mette Hol will give a presentation of her most recent work. She will talk about her methods and investigations in the field of conceptual drawing.

“The relationship between original and reproduction is a recurring theme in the artistic practice of Ane Mette Hol. The paradox of putting so much effort in creating something that appears to be cheap, mass-produced objects triggers a reflection on the relationship between the original and representation, creativity and the artistic process. The representation is thus more than a passive imitation of an existing object. Representation in Ane Mette Hol’s art must be understood as an independent creative activity in which something new occurs in the meeting between artist, artwork and viewer. Also in the work After Day and Night (2010) the relationship between original/reproduction is at center. The work is based on a series of photos which during a period of 24 hours document a full day and night, the changing light and weather in the landscape outside of a window.” Eva-Belinda Leu, Oslo 2010.

After Day and Night is being shown in real time on the artists website: www.anemettehol.com

Ane Mette Hol (1979, NO) has a Master from Konstfack in Stockholm. Recent exhibition was Cimento dell’armonia e dell’invenzione: or, The Drawing Machines, curated by Simone Menegoi at Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin. In 2010 she had a solo show at LAUTOM contem- porary, Oslo, at Galleria Enrico Fornello, Milan, and at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, where she also had a residency in 2009/2010. In 2009 she was included in the exhibitions Radical Autonomy, curated by Arno van Roosmalen at Le Grand Café in Saint-Nazaire, France and The Garden of Forking Paths, curated by Lorenzo Benedetti at Kunsthalle Mulhouse, France. Upcoming exhibitions at Netwerk in Aalst, Belgium, Kunstverein Nürnberg, and at the Arts Festival of North-Norway, Harstad. Recent publications include Fukt, Magazine for Contemporary Drawing 2010, and Ferdigvare #2, Flamme Forlag 2010. She lives and works in Oslo.

Open Forum is a series of lectures, presentations, performances and conversations with artists, curators, theorists, authors, musicians etc. initiated and arranged by the Art Academy in Oslo. Open Forum usually takes place every Monday at 19.00 in the Academy’s auditorium at Seilduken, Fossveien 24. Additional Open Forums might occur. The lectures are mainly given in English and are ordinarily rounded off with questions and answers. The event is open for the general public. Welcome!