MARIUS ENGH: "Order, Calm, Silence and Drain" / WTG 86 C
STANDARD (OSLO)
PRESS RELEASE
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MARIUS ENGH
"ORDER, CALM, SILENCE AND DRAIN"
05.10.- 03.11.2012 / PREVIEW: FRIDAY 05.10.2012 / 19.00-21.00
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A carpet turned painting, turned envelope, turned drawing, turned curtain.
A monument turned subway station, turned photography.
A throne turned drain, turned crooked mirror.
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This is Marius Engh's fourth solo exhibition at STANDARD (OSLO). Other recent solo exhibitions include "My Target Is Your Eyes" at Galleria Gentili, Prato; "An Aggregation of Adversary" at Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna; "Exhume to Consume" at Supportico Lopez, Berlin; and "The Center of the World" at Preus Museum - National Museum of Photography, Horten. Marius Engh's works have previously been included in exhibitions at Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster; Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen; Kunsthalle Bern, Bern; The Bruxelles Biennial, Bruxelles; and Witte de With, Rotterdam.
This exhibition concludes seven years of program in Hegdehaugsveien 3. A publication documenting the 56 exhibitions and discussing the architecture of Knut Knutsen, who designed the building, will soon be launched.
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Installation photography: Vegard Kleven
