19.06.2020 — 12.11.2023

An Exhilarating Experience for a Young Mind

The Henie Onstad collection curated by Elise Storsveen

Installation shot: Øystein Thorvaldsen / Henie Onstad Archive

The Henie Onstad has invited Norwegian artist Elise Storsveen (1969- ) to curate a presentation of the Museum’s Collection.

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19.06.2020 — 12.11.2023 Sal Haaken

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She immediately thought of using the exhibition to point out the lack of a permanent presentation of contemporary art in Norway. This absence has made it difficult for new generations of Norwegian artists to orient themselves within and identify with their close history. Hence, the main emphasis in the exhibition is placed on the two generations of artists preceding Storsveen's own.

The exhibition is two-fold. The first part, mainly presents Nordic visual arts from 1950 to the present, inclusive of painting, sculpture, photography, and drawing. This selection includes abstract work and the socially oriented pieces of younger generations. The second component, comprises printed works such as posters, graphics and artist’s books, with some of the material on show for the first time.

I am an artist, not an art historian, hence I have used my own taste to make a selection
— Elise Storsveen

Through her way of curating the exhibition Storsveen challenges the ways the museum has understood, interpreted, and defined the Henie Onstad collection.

The exhibition presents about 250 works by 100 of artists from the collection.

Installation shots

Installation shot: Øystein Thorvaldsen / Henie Onstad Archive
Installation shot: Øystein Thorvaldsen / Henie Onstad Archive
Installation shot: Øystein Thorvaldsen / Henie Onstad Archive
Installation shot: Øystein Thorvaldsen / Henie Onstad Archive
Installation shot: Øystein Thorvaldsen / Henie Onstad Archive
Installation shot: Øystein Thorvaldsen / Henie Onstad Archive
Installation shot: Øystein Thorvaldsen / Henie Onstad Archive

An Exhilarating Experience for a Young Mind
Anni Albers, Laurie Anderson, Ida Applebroog, John Baldessari, Anna-Eva Bergman, Olle Bærtling, Joseph Beuys, Per Inge Bjørlo, Mark Boyle, Mel Bochner, Christian Boltanski, Bård Breivik, Marcel Broodthaers, Stig Brøgger, Oddvar I. N. Darén, Marlene Dumas, Ludvig Eikaas, Felipe Ehrenberg, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Hilmar Fredriksen, Marie-Louise de Geer Bergenstråhle, Gilbert & George, Sigurður Guðmundsson, Marianne Heske, Marius Heyerdahl, Arve Hovig, Jenny Holzer, Jan Håfström, Asger Jorn, LYN, Allan Kaprow, Inghild Karlsen, Mike Kelley, Maria Kerr, Kjell Erik Killi Olsen, Per Kirkeby, Anders Kjær, Suzanne Lacy, Lotte Konow Lund, Sol LeWitt, Per-Oskar Leu, Henny Lie, Jumana Manna, Raúl Marroquín, Annette Messager, Robert Morris, Jørgen Nash, Bruce Nauman, Endre Nemes, Thomas Niggl, Ann Cathrin November Høibo, Bjørn Nørgaard, Torill Nøst, Yoko Ono, Paul Osipow, Lars Paalgard, Sidsel Paaske, A. R. Penck, Lene Adler Petersen, Arvid Pettersen, Adrian Piper, Lea Porsager, Hariton Pushwagner, Violet Ray, John Olav Riise, Dieter Roth, Ed Ruscha, Zdenka Rusova, Carolee Schneemann, General Schmuck, Cindy Sherman, Kjartan Slettemark, Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, Odd Tanberg, Claes Tellvid, Aase Texmon Rygh, Mouche Thomsen, Andrej Tisma, Cecilia Vicuña, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, Anthon Verhoeven, and more.
Elise Storsveen in collaboration with Ana María Bresciani
Martine Hoff Jensen