The Pillars
Shattered LCD screens, cut-up pornographic magazines, techno music, gold leaf, and end paper are put together to create new stories about migration, identity, and screen culture.
The word "fragmentation" frequently appears in today’s public discourse. It is used to describe a world that is characterized by everything from political polarization and fractured communities to insidious algorithms that leave us in a state of constant distraction. At the same time, fragmentation is a vital strategy in today’s art, with origins in the collages and montages of the avant-garde.
This exhibition brings together works from The Fredriksen Family Collection that examine fragmentation as a theme and technique in global contemporary art. The artists break up something whole and then reassemble the fragments to create new forms. Many different techniques are used to create these works, such as cutting, grinding, folding, taping, gluing, and sampling – or even the application of flocking algorithms.
The Fredriksen Family Collection
The Fredriksen Family Collection is dedicated to Inger Katharina Astrup Fredriksen (1950–2006). The artworks expand the museum’s narratives about the present and our recent past, while the room as a whole with its unique exhibition architecture offers a contrast to the museum’s collection presentation.
The Fredriksen Family Collection has been constantly evolving since the purchase of the first works in 2018. The collection forms the basis for the National Museum’s exhibition series in The Pillars.
Project Manager: Marthe Tveitan
Curator Exhibition: Ingvild Krogvig
Curator Education: Gustav Greger Nyborg Elgin
Press Contact: Alv Hågård Gustavsen
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