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Upcoming exhibition in Estonia

The Ludwig Knoop Project November 1 2023-January 7 2024 https://www.nart.ee/en/exhibitions/the-ludwig-knoop-project/ The idea of the exhibition is to show in a narrative way Helene Knoop’s personal history with her great, great grand uncle Ludwig Knoop visualized in a family tree, which will cover a large wall based on a woven canvas. Attached to this canvas, as …

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Participating in NRK TV Production “Portrettmesterskapet”

Helene Knoop deltar på NRKs Portrettmesterskapet . September/oktober 2023. Sesong 1: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/portrettmesterskapet/sesong/1/episode/3/avspiller Fra pressen: https://subjekt.no/2023/09/14/kunstverdenen-burde-ikke-vaere-et-lukket-selskap/ https://www.nrk.no/oppdrag/portrettmesterskapet-med-mikkel-niva-pa-nrk-1.16529663   Contact;  [email protected],  for further information

Kunstweekend

Kunstweekend-Geilo
Samtalen handler om Knoops serie Kvinner maler menn, om Knoops kunstnerskap og Harriet Backers ikke-feministiske prosjekt. Backers fokus på malerkunsten, hvordan impresjonismen ble videreført i Norge med fokus på å male lyset, samt Backers betydning for Helene Knoop.

New works

          Keiron i kunsten. Av Steinar Bjartveit. Seksten år gammel laget Michelangelo relieffet «Kentaurenes kamp». Han fikk flytte inn i palasset til Lorenzo de’ Medici, og her vokste han fram under Lorenzos rettledning og beskyttelse. Relieffet skildrer en bryllupsfest der kentaurer og mennesker kjemper sammen etter å ha fått litt for mye …

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Portrait of a World Champion

The chess grand master, Magnus Carlsen was modelling for Helene Knoop in 2019. The painting named “Remis”, is now in a private collection. “Remis” 100 x 120 cm oil on canvas.

New works

The painting, Three Black Graces, which I painted some years ago has now a sister motif. Original were the three graces in roman mythology the three goddesses of beauty, grace and joy, as well as personifications of the art of poetry and the visual arts. Despite the age of the history, I think the motif still is universal and timeless.

The Ludwig Knoop project

Helene Knoop is planning to make an art project and exhibition in Narva based on her family history, Ludwig Knoop, and the Kreenholm Factory. She was invited to Estonia by the organisation Norden and visited Tallinn and Narva, to leran more about the history of Narva and Kreenholm as well as get in contact with …

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