Christmas newsletter 2008.

If you have time, please pour yourself a glass of mulled wine and enjoy Robert Sannes’ interpretation of New York, or Christian Houges Okurimono. I thank you for your interest in these artists and their work, and promise to keep you posted on what’s going on in 2009!

I hope you enjoy the Christmas holidays and wish you a wonderful new year.

All the best, ellen-k.

New York perspective – by Robert Sannes

 

 



These images makes me wonder; what is New York’s character? Which values are revealed and which are sealed through the atmosphere and culture of ”The Big Apple”? Is it a reflection of our time, and is perhaps the election of Obama a direct result of these subconscious movements? There are strong expressions of disturbance, but also some kind of hope in Robert Sannes´ photographs. The images show obstacles of life and culture, and at the same time they express the longing for something more…: Does the city of New York prevail our inner harmonious silence and balanced life force, or the silence of fear, loneliness and marionette mentality? (See the New York Gallery and more work by Robert Sannes here)

 




Okurimono by Christian Houge

 

OKURIMONO

 

 

Christian Houge has created a new body of work; OKURIMONO. According to Erling Bugge; ”Christian Houge guides us into a mystery. It resides between the ritualized shapes of the traditional and withdrawn Zen garden in Kyoto and the equally ritualized spaces of futuristic, urban Tokyo. For a westerner, Japan might look familiar, since what is held up for us looks like a futuristic spectacle somehow grounded in a western imagination.” Enjoy Erling Bugges text HERE, and the OKURIMONO series HERE.

 

 

 

Christian Houge (1972) lives and works in Oslo, Norway. His work has been exhibited at ParisPhoto, PhotoLondon and ArtBasel, as well as solo shows both in London, Oslo and New York. His latest solo-exhibition was “Arctic Technology” at the Hosfelt Gallery in New York. His photographs have been commissioned by the Norwegian Defence Ministry and to large private collectors, as well as auctioned at Sotherby’s in London. Houge is involved in several humanitarian projects, and has received several arts grants from the Norwegian Artists Fund. Mr Houge is currently preparing a solo-exhibition at the Hosfelt Gallery in San Fransisco in March. He is also invited to participate in a group-show at Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum in August 2009.

 




December 2008