Kategori: Art

Outdoor art at Hurdalsjøen Hotel & Spa

In addition to being a spa and conference hotel, Hurdalsjøen Hotell has in recent years also expanded with a separate sculpture park outside and more art projects around the hotel.

The artists who have contributed are NICO WIDERBERG, OLE MARTIN SKAUG, SVERRE ANDREAS KOREN BJERTNÆS, HENRIK GJERSTAD, PÅL GJERSTAD, J ØRLEIF UTHAUG and JOSEF TZEGAI YOHANNES

NICO WIDERBERG is educated in drawing, graphics and sculpture at the Norwegian School of Crafts and Design, and studied sculpture under Boge Berg at the Norwegian Academy of Fine Arts. Widerberg works with sculpture in stone (including granite and diabase), bronze and glass, with oil paintings and with graphics. Central to Widerberg's art are depersonalized human representations, heads and torso. The hotel has two sculptures by Nico Widerberg; "På Bølgen and Kransen" two figures in the garden.

SVERRE ANDREAS KOREN BJERTNÆS is a Norwegian painter and graphic artist. He participated in his first exhibition as a 15-year-old in connection with Nerdrumskolen's group exhibition at Blomqvist in Oslo. The hotel also has two works of art by this artist.

OLE MARTIN SKAUG is originally a photographer, educated at California State University in Los Angeles. In addition to studying photography, he also have training in a number of other art disciplines. This led to the Bachelor of Arts degree. Ceramics are today his main form of expression. Ole Martin works mainly in stoneware clay but also in other materials such as iron, lead and epoxy. He has had a number of exhibitions in Norway, Sweden. The hotel is so lucky to have several sculptures by Skaug, including the "Damvokteren" which can be found by the pond north of the hotel.

HENRIK GJERSTAD is a graduate of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and has studied art at the Rhode Island School of Design. The New York-based artist has been apprenticed to two generations of artists, both his father Pål Gjerstad and his grandfather Ivar Gjerstad. In 2017, he has exhibited works at the Contempop Gallery in New York and at Juvenarte in Oslo.

PÅL GJERSTAD is director of Hurdalsjøen Hotell and has always been interested in art and has contributed to the sculpture park by spray-painting the hotel's old piano and by constructing a steel bench.

JØRLEIF UTHAUG was a pioneer for abstract sculpture in Norway and his experimentation with new techniques and materials led Uthaug to metal sculpture and reliefs in the 50's. He used materials such as glass, stone, wood, copper and brass. The hotel is so lucky that they have borrowed a relief and a sculpture of Uthaug Art Center by Jørleif's son Geir, who is also an artist.

JOSEF TZEGAI YOHANNES is a cartoonist and artist. He is the author of The Urban Legend. In 2016, Josef Yohannes made an Eidsvoll Edition with a dramatic story about scary forces that will "rob the Constitution" – both as an exhibition and as a comic book, and the hotel has borrowed the exhibition of Eidsvoll 1814. This can be seen along the forest path west of the hotel.

SVERRE BJERTNÆS is considered one of Norway's most important and central contemporary artists, and over the past ten years has made a name for himself on the international art scene. His earlier works are characterized by an attraction to dark tones and still life, portraits and model studies. "The collective human" new artwork with us and is made in bronze and is 260 high.

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“Glasslåven” Artcenter

Production venue for professional Arts

Glasslåven Arts Centre is located in Gran,Hadeland Norway, and it opened in April 2016.
The preservation of a historical barn from the 1880’s has been renovated and rebuilt with ecological principals.
It has become a pilot project in which the sustainability of the area through generations, has inspired forward thinking and co-friendly building techniques.

The stable, hayloft and the basement potato storage are replaced with a gallery, production- and performance venues, glassblowing studio and regular studios for permanent and temporary tenants.
The arts center is a ecofriendly building for high quality and professional art.
Among our residing artists you’ll find two stellars in Norwegian arts & crafts, glass artist Ulla-Mari Brantenberg and jewelry artist Toril Bjorg.

Multiple visual artists, writers and a composer are among the artists who work here on a daily basis.

Regular opening hours:
Saturdays and Sundays 11:00 – 16:00
Extended opening hours during the summer vacation

GROUPS:
Season:              All year
Price guiding:     Under 10 persons NOK 600,-
                           Groups  10 – 25: NOK 55,- per person
                           Groups over 25:  NOK 50,- per person
                           Weekend/night + NOK  950,-
Duration:            Recommended 1/2 – 1 hour 
Capasity:           Groups over 20 are recommended to devide.  

Adding Color to Lives – Huset Kløfta

The street art project "Adding Color to Lives" was carried out in 2016 through a collaboration between Ullensaker Municipality and the Park Inn by Radisson Oslo Airport hotel.

Park Inn by Radisson Oslo Airport had won an internal competition where the prize was a collaborative project between the renowned street artist Joel Bergner and local youth; art that would be visible to and benefit the entire local community.

The artwork can be seen at the youth center Huset in Kløfta.

“Playful bear cubs” by Emma Mathiassen

Emma Christine Matthiasen (born 2 November 1890 in Kristiania, died 8 May 1975 in Copenhagen) was a Norwegian-Danish sculptor.

She spent a lot of time in Denmark, and was therefore influenced by the Danish contemporary art of her time. The Danish influence was emphasised in contemporary reviews of her artistic work.

Matthiasen became a recognised artist who received a number of public and private decorating commissions. She modelled a bronze medal commemorating the geologist Waldemar Christopher Brøgger's 80th birthday in 1931.[12] She was one of the artists selected to decorate the new town hall in a competition held in 1937-1938. In 1945, Matthiasen's bust of architect Arnstein Arneberg was unveiled in Oslo City Hall.[13][14] Later, she was commissioned to design 17 small bronze reliefs for the ceiling of the City Hall's south balcony. These reliefs were in place by 1950 and depict mermaids, mermen, birds and fish.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Emma Matthiasen was hired by Åsmund S. Lærdal to model play dolls for his company in Stavanger. Lærdal was quality-conscious and brought in several other prominent artists to design various products for his company, which started out as a publishing house, then became a toy manufacturer before ending up as a developer and manufacturer of lifesaving equipment.

Sculpture in bronze, original. Gift to Kongsvinger municipality from Vinger Sparebank.

“Sitting girl” by Aagot Vangen

Vangen's sculpture ‘Sitting Girl’ from 1897 stands in Bankparken in her childhood town of Kongsvinger.

Aagot Vangen (born 29 June 1875 in Stor-Elvdal, died 29 July 1905 in Drøbak) was a Norwegian sculptor.

Her father Ola Vangen was a railway engineer, and in 1875 the family moved to Kongsvinger where she grew up. She was confirmed in Vinger church in 1891.

In 1895 she started at the ‘Drawing School’. In 1896 she travelled to Paris to continue her education there. Vangen started at the Académie Julian under the direction of sculptor Denys Puech (1854-1942). After just three months, the 21-year-old Vangen won the Julian Academy medal at a competition.

In 1902, her contribution to the competition for the ‘Abel Monument’ to be erected in Oslo (then Kristiania) won second prize behind Ingebrigt Vik's proposal. Vik's design was entitled ‘Hans Petter’. Gustav Vigeland had submitted the proposal that the competition jury liked best, but Vigeland's entry was not in line with the competition rules that had been drawn up in advance and could therefore not be awarded a prize. However, the jury did not recommend that any of the winning entries be listed. After the jury's decision, jury member Andreas Aubert wrote to Vik that there was a discussion about whether Vigeland should get the assignment or whether VIk and Vangen should be allowed to compete among themselves with new proposals. In the end, it was Vigeland who was given responsibility for the realisation of the monument.

 

The Kepler Star

 It is located close to the road where the European Route 16 meets European Route 6. In 1999, the artist Vebjørn Sand was asked to create a landmark in the planned industrial park at Gardermoen. Sand got the idea for the Kepler star and says this is a symbol and a vision that draws the threads back into cultural and spiritual history – and forward to technique and aesthetics. The star was first constructed by 16th-century by the astronom Johannes Kepler, as a further development from the Ikosa Seder, one of Plato's 5 geometric bodies consisting of 20 triangles.

A spetacular land mark close to the main airport in Norway – Oslo Airport.

Information from Visit Greater Oslo 

Stein Eriksen – House – Street Art

These are two of several houses that Stein Eriksen has placed in Sandvika. With the project, he wants to investigate whether things placed in a public environment can be left alone. This and previous projects show that such elements are quickly removed. Who removes them, however, is uncertain.

Bastion 5

Welcome to the oldest part of Gamlebyen, Fredrikstad’s Old Town – one of the best preserved fortress towns in Northern Europe. At Bastion 5 – the southern tip of the fortress – you will find Café Magenta and the workshops and galleries of 9 artists. Visitors come to this culture corner to enjoy à la carte eating, art, history and music. Guests are free to visit the art workshops and see potters, painters, goldsmiths and glassblowers at work.

 

Café Magenta, known for its rustic interior and ancient location, has live music twice a week and a new exhibition every month. Choose hot and cold dishes from the large menu.