Vestlandsutstillingen 2021
Project
7 – 31 October, 2021
does anybody know
which direction it is,
how far is left,
or where we have been?*
Vestlandsutstillingen is committed to the representation of artists and artworks specific to the Western region of Norway. However, the concerns and critiques presented within this exhibition are universal. Although each artwork included here is unique in its conceptual creation and subtleties, themes of ecology and human behavior run throughout the works. The current Anthropocene period is an aged marked primarily by human activity and its subsequent effect on the planet – climate change, weather extremes, ozone depletion, steadily decreasing polar ice caps, and an exponential decline in flora and fauna species. In the midst of the ongoing environmental crisis, the artworks included in Where have we been? offer reflections on human interactions with our environment; past, present, and possible future.
The title, taken from an artwork by Aud Marit Skarrebo Holmen, serves as an
does anybody know
which direction it is,
how far is left,
or where we have been?*
Vestlandsutstillingen is committed to the representation of artists and artworks specific to the Western region of Norway. However, the concerns and critiques presented within this exhibition are universal. Although each artwork included here is unique in its conceptual creation and subtleties, themes of ecology and human behavior run throughout the works. The current Anthropocene period is an aged marked primarily by human activity and its subsequent effect on the planet – climate change, weather extremes, ozone depletion, steadily decreasing polar ice caps, and an exponential decline in flora and fauna species. In the midst of the ongoing environmental crisis, the artworks included in Where have we been? offer reflections on human interactions with our environment; past, present, and possible future.
The title, taken from an artwork by Aud Marit Skarrebo Holmen, serves as an entry point to the exhibition by simply posing the question, where have humans been in recent years, both physically and psychologically? Has humanity’s short-sighted thinking and denial led to the present crisis? Is the absence of humanity a future scenario? Where are we going from here? And perhaps more importantly, what are we leaving behind? With over six nationalities represented in the 95th version of VU, the offered perspectives are many.
Participating artists include: Per Tore Barmen, Else Karin Tysse Bysheim, Susanne Steen Christensen, Vania Cunha, Petra Dalström, Aud Marit Skarrebo Holmen, Simone Hooymans, Simon Kjær, Kristin Kvalvik, Karen Helga Maurstig, Rune Werner Molnes, Daniel Persson, Kirsti Prøis, David A. Rios, Anne Helen Robberstad, Nina Skarsbø, and Ingrid Toogood.
