EXHIBITION

Japan and Norway share a close cultural and physical relationship with the innate power of natural forces; forces that can display great beauty in one moment and raw brutality in the next. Organic form and their understanding of the proximity of nature are the threads linking each of the artists in this project. The artists in CULTEX are all working sculpturally, with much of the work conceived as site-sensitive installation.

CULTEX will show an exhibition of a new body of work reflecting the artists’ individual and collaborative experience during the two years working exchange. All the artists are mid-career artists, each of whom has an international reputation and a recognized body of work. At this stage in their careers the artists will find the cultural interchange between equals both stimulating and challenging. The participants will explore different approaches to the creative process, approaches mediated by specific cultural identities and each artist’s established practice.

The exhibition was opened 4 April 2009 by Japan's Ambassador to Norway, H.E. Hisao Yamaguchi and has attracted over 5,000 visitors during its run at Gallery F15. The works inside the Gallery were exhibited until June 14th. The specially created site-sensitive works outside the Gallery will continue to be on show during the summer.