15 Apr 2011

Trondelag Centre for Contemporary Art: Wasted Irony and other Sculptures

New exhibition at Trondelag Centre for Contemporary Art

Peter Johansson/ Barbro Westling
15 th of April – 29th of May
FÖRSPILLD IRONI OCH ANDRA SKULPTURER /Wasted Irony and other Sculptures

Welcome to the opening Friday 15th of April 7 pm
The artists will be present.
Join us for drinks and get a free catalogue

Opening hours in the exhibition period:
Tuesday – Friday 10am-4pm
Saturday – Sunday 12pm-4pm
Closed for Easter holidays 21th – 25th of April

www.samtidskunst.no
www.peterjohanssonbarbrowestling.com

Barbro Westling and Peter Johansson have long experience with often grand productions that are both entertaining and provoking. Often involving an element of sly humour, the artists work raises questions about phenomenons in society, life and art.

The artists , who are based in Malmö in Sweden, now present their latest project in the exhibition Förspilld Ironi och andra skulpturer (Wasted Irony and other Sculptures), which opens at the Trondelag Centre for Contemporary Art on Friday 15th of April.

The project deals with questions of art and moral. It asks what can constitute art, areas of use and the roles art is given and also asks what meaning art has in our daily lives as well as in art itself.
'Garden art is ugly, art is nice, stealing is bad' to quote the artists.

The catalogue for the exhibition is free of charge, and contains a text by the journalist/writer Per Svensson, and ethnologist Eva Londos, in addition to a generous contribution by the artists.

TOUR PLAN
26.Nov – 18 Dec 2010 Galerie Leger, Malmö
15.th April – 15 th May Trøndelag Centre for Contemporary Art, Trondheim
June/July, Passagen Linköping.
24.Sep – 4 Nov Alingsås Konsthall
Dec – Jan 2012 Konsthallen/ Kulturens Hus Luleå

The exhibition is supported by:
Norwegian State Exhibition Grant and Publication support from Arts Council Norway The Barbro Oscher Pro Suecia Foundation, EAB in Smålandsstenar,
Atelje Larsen and KRELAB in Helsingborg,
Nya Gotlands Svets & Smide AB,
Galerie Leger and blacksmith Peder Wolfbrandt in Degeberga, Sweden.

A special thanks to Plantasjen in Trondheim, for sponsing of plant and flowers

For further information, visual material or appointment for press viewing, please contact:
Madeleine Park/ dagligleder@samtidskunst.no/ tel.73524910
Ellen Sofie Griegel/ ellen.griegel@gmail.com/ tel.95061992