"The image of puberty – the young and fragile girl sitting with her hands folded on her lap – is timeless. We see her today as well, for instance on the tube or bus with earphones, escaping into her own world and merging with her own threatening shadow."
A K Dolven on Edvard Munchs Puberty
In the video works the kiss, puberty, and portrait with a cigarette, artist A K Dolven confronts Edvard Munch’s paintings of the same titles from a modern perspective.
This interview between Dolven and Lars Toft-Eriksen is from the catalogue for the current exhibition "A K Dolven. amasone", which you can experience at the National Museum.

Edvard Munch, "Self portrait with cigarette", 1895
Photo: Nasjonalmuseet / Børre Høstland