Opening 2 March, Prism: drawing from 1990 to 2012 is the first large scale presentation of contemporary drawing in Norway's National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. The exhibition explores recent developments within drawing's figurative, conceptual and spatial
vocabularies of the past two decades. It presents drawing as an autonomous media within
contemporary art practice and offers insights to the rich diversity of styles and approaches used by
Norwegian and international artists.
Structured around five suppositions—idea translation, spatial description, sequence and moment, fantasy and
document, monographic and mechanical techniques—, the exhibition gathers 400 individual drawing works by 37 artists, providing
insights onto how drawing is understood today. Prism includes works by
Ghada Amer & Reza Fahrkondeh, Vanessa Baird, Markus Brendmoe, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré,
Mariana Castillo Deball, Dag Erik Elgin, Roar Werner Eriksen, Bertil Greging, Jan Groth, Kalle Grude,
Wenche Gulbransen, Ane Mette Hol, Patrik Huse, Zhang Chun Hong, Olav Christopher Jenssen,
Anish Kapoor, William Kentridge, Richard Long, Lotte Konow Lund, Pierre Lionel Matte, Ian McKeever,
Julie Merethu, Robin Rhode, Leonard Rickhard, Nancy Rubins, Hanns Schimannsky,Tiril Schrøder,
Karin M. Valum, Kjell Varvin, Jorinde Voigt, and Ryzard Warsinski.
Drawing from 1990 to 2012
Surveying the last two decades of drawing, Prism opens at the Norway National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.
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- 01 March 2012
- Oslo
Prism: drawing from 1990 to 2012
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Oslo, Norway
Through 5 August 2012