After being on the move for a year Helene Knoop has established a studio in an old cement factory, in which she has created new paintings in 2015. The story of the “Three Graces” continues, now in oil on canvas and in alarge-scale format. Knoop depicts the meeting of three women and an intimate moment […]
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Helene Knoop will establish a new studio at the old Slemmestad Factories. An up-and-coming area for the arts. A historical place with an atmosphere of concrete and dust will be the new surroundings in Knoops studio from November. Slemmestad is a small city 30 minutes away from Oslo with a ferry directly from Aker Brygge.
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The Liberal, conservative magazine Minerva asked me to write about a Masterpiece. I chose Tizians “Nymph and Shepard” (In Norwegian) Tizian har lenge vært et av mine forbilder. Maleriet Gjeter og nymfe står som et lysende eksempel på hans rustikke koloritt og beskrivelse av menneskekroppen. Det er malt i 1576 – samme år som han
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Knoops image Painting Session, 2004 is taking part in the new book from Black Dog Publishing’s forthcoming title Seeing is Believing: The Politics of the Visual by Rod Stoneman. http://blackdogonline.com/all-books/seeing-is-believing.html The book is an analytical exploration into the politics of visual communication, investigating the dynamic between world and image. It explores the potential for contemporary forms of
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Knoops image Painting Session, 2004, is published in the new book from Black Dog Publishing’s forthcoming title: Seeing is Believing: The Politics of the Visual by Rod Stoneman. The book is an analytical exploration into the politics of visual communication, investigating the dynamic between world and image. It explores the potential for contemporary forms of artistic
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Having a blog is like having your own radio show. I would like to make a ”radio show” the next weeks where I show you some memories from my “media life” TV, radio, newspapers, etc. I’ve found out that most of the interviews I read from other artists don´t amuse me, so I´ve decided that
Odd Nerdrum was sentenced unjustly on August 17, 2011, to two years in prison for tax evasion. The article below was printed in Norwegian in Aftenposten 21.08.11. The Murder of Nerdrum The Murder of Andreas Baader in a new version: The Norwegian government paints the Murder of Odd Nerdrum. Equality before the law does not
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In the media there is a debate regarding my former teacher, Odd Nerdrum; his conviction for tax evasion and the jail sentence. I compare it to his famous painting “The Murder of Andreas Baader” – this conviction is the murder of Nerdrum. You can read the article (in Norwegian) in Verdens Gang.
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