LIFE IS THE ONLY WAY

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Artists:
Bokja: Hoda Baroudi & Maria Hibri (LIB), Judy Chicago (USA),* A K Dolven , Gardar Eide Einarsson* (NOR), Roza Ilgen (NOR/KUR), Humberto Junca Casas (COL), Selja Kameric *(BOS-HERZ), *Nalini Malani (IND), Cajsa von Zeipel (SWE) works span from visual formalism to the classical figurative in the poetic exploration and allegorical methods to address political and social realities. The Subject matters they address are gender issues, national borders and identity, localism verses globalism, areas of conflict and community, and the advantages and faults of progress.

The involvedness of the experience between individuals, groups, nations, social categories, genders and religions has been interwoven with globalization, encounters of personal narrations with collective experiences. Expectations, strains and losses have shaped the works on which the narrative of contemporary art is visible. All these issues inevitably reinforce each other and influence everyday life and human relations.

The artists are juxtaposed together, creating new points of view, and proposes new interpretations of the existing world and social relations.Art has the power to surpass geopolitical divisions transforming global community into a collective narrative web made by different personal stories that complete or overturn official narrations.

As a curatorial starting point for this exhibition Life Is the Only Way, was Shirin Neshat´s video work “Turbulet”. The work was to be timely exhibited as this summer of 2013 Norway will celebrate 100 years of true democracy. Norway was the first independent country in the world to introduce universal suffrage, with women and men enjoying equal democratic rights. Shirin Neshat will instead be featured with a solo exhibition that now is in the making for a time when the entire 6th floor at Bontelaboe will be able to be utilized.

At the same time as Life Is the Only Way, we will at a jointing space also feature 9 younger, local artists. The works project into the future, while holding the recent past close at hand.

presentation by Humbert Junca Casas, Saturday 24.08 at 16:00

Artist presentation by A K Dolven Sunday 6. October at 15:00.

Additional program under the exhibition period will be continuously updated as to progress.

For futher information contact Annine Birkeland at 98232163 and / or Malin Barth at 48042408

www.stiftelsen314.com/exhibition.htm

Exhibition hours: 11-17 Tuesday-Sunday. Mondays closed.
Entrance fee: kr. 50
NB: Extended exhibition hours: 25.-26.-27. oktober 12.00-20.00

Exhibition period: 23.08. – 27.10.13

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