Fra magasinet KUNST nov/des 2016. En malende dramatiker Av Therese Sjøvoll / Foto Camilla Jensen . – Jeg er opptatt av mennesket. Det handler om det narrative. Om menneskets drama. Det figurative er bare en form. Det er det jeg kan. Helene Knoops atelier i den gamle sementfabrikken i Slemmestad utenfor Oslo er luftig. Lyset […]
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In large format and with deeper experience Helene Knoop is showing 20 new works; paintings, drawings, installations and lithographs. Knoop interpreters the Nordic temperament and landscape with a baroque history and brushwork. Figures are poetically placed into the Birchwood and shows scenes which explains the show-title; Undercurrent. Woodland and scrub grows between large trees. Figures
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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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My painting “Clio”, from the series The Nine Muses is on the cover for this book. Later this year two other works will adorn the fronts of books: one about pregnancy and another for a poet… I like the idea that the paintings can live their life in other disciplines.
At MEAM, Barcelona; http://www.meam.es/principal.html , two works of Helene Knoop will be exhibited ; “Milk” and “Soul resting on Shadow”. The opening is scheduled on September 17. Knoop will be present at the opening and has also written an essay in the exhibition-catalogue.
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New works at the exhibition Naturally Nordic at Paleet Karl Johan, Oslo, Norway. Welcome to the Champagne opening at 6 pm, Thursday April 9 Paintings by Helene Knoop, Christer Karlstad, and Marius Moe. Sculptures by Åse Nordanger. Photographs by Per Heimly and Erlend Mikael Sæverud. The exhibition is open from April 9 – April 25.
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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