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Upcoming show. Undercurrent. Bærum Kunstforening, Norway, April 30th-May29th

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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Book covers

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.

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Upcoming show in Barcelona

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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Naturally Nordic

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.

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Moving into a new studio

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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New, fresh printed, lithographs: “Three Black Graces”,”Just a Dream” and “Soul resting on Shadow”

New lithographs, now for sale Three Black Graces, variant (darker, more colourful version) : 17,5 x 23 cm, signed,limited, edition, 40 prints.   Just a Dream:  35,5 x 26,5 cm, signed,limited, edition, 120 prints. Just a Dream, variant (darker, more colourful version):  35,5 x 26,5 cm, signed,limited, edition, 40 prints.   Soul resting on Shadow;

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Being in Vienna

From today and four weeks ahead I will find myself in Vienna, Austria. Golden culture is waiting to intoxicate my forthcoming project and me. I have a plan, but if you know a hidden place or secret, please enlighten me. In Kunsthistorisches Museum I will make a copy of Helena Fourment (“Das Pelzchen”), made by

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Seeing is Believing

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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Open Studio

Open Studio/ Moving out-Sale-day in Helene Knoops Studio Sunday April 7 from 12.00-1700. Where: Cort Adelers gate 33, Oslo, 5th flo0r. After five years in my studio I´m moving out.  On this occasion I invite you to a moving out party! An informal possibility to pass by the Studio where I sell different things. A variation

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