All articles by Nora Joung

PG-13

Constance Tenvik’s interpretation of Greek antiquity at the Munch Museum in Oslo substitutes sexual and violent excesses for burlesque games.

A Bouquet of Browns

In Steinar Haga Kristensen’s solo show at Kunstnerforbundet in Oslo the characters haul art and art history around as if they were both a burden and a source of nourishment.

Who Are Your Real Friends?

Sandra Mujinga’s exhibition Real Friends at Oslo Kunstforening is well-orchestrated, feverish, and ultimately has faith in the spectator. In the form of a gorilla.

Between Painting and Politics

Through her work with the organisation W.A.G.E., Lise Soskolne is attempting to change the working conditions for American artists. In Oslo she exhibits her own paintings for the first time in 14 years.

Recently published

The Art of Defeat

Bonniers Konsthall develops Peter Weiss’s novel The Aesthetics of Resistance into an exhibition, but its core theme – class struggle – is conspicuously absent.