TORBJØRN RØDLAND: "Oh my God Guys"

TORBJØRN RØDLAND

"OH MY GOD GUYS"

27.10.2023-31.03.2024 / LE CONSORTIUM, DIJON

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The two photographs that open and close Torbjørn Rødland exhibition at the Consortium Museum show respectively a baby and an old man. The exhibition is conceived as a journey that leads from one to the other; from childhood to old age. The project is therefore highly narrative: an approach to the exhibition that is not familiar to Rødland.

The exhibition focuses mainly on Rødland's photographs that feature two antinomic characters. The artist often uses this "disruptive casting" to accentuate the strangeness of the scenes in his photographs. The "scenario" created for this exhibition (whose title, be chosen by the artist, is "Oh My God You Guys") is a journey into sophisticated and troubled human relationships that lead from the dawn to the dusk of life.

The exhibition unfolds over an eight-room tour: each room features increasingly older characters (the baby is followed by children, then teenagers, adults, and the elderly), producing a panoramic picture that reminds Edward Steichen's historic exhibition "Family of Man" at MoMA in 1955, and shows without a doubt the sophistication of contemporary social relations.

- Éric Troncy

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All images: Rebecca Fanuele © Consortium Museum