Therese Nortvedt - The Urban Jungle


T H E U R B A N J U N G L E New Exhibition from 13 January in Galleri Trafo, Asker, Norway In a World where the Artificial is becoming natural, and nature is becoming more and more Artificial, Therese Nortvedt dresses up the animals and takes them to the Urban Jungle. The great contrast between her life in London and summers spent far above the Arctic Circle in Norway has inspired her new exhibition. Therese grew up in a small village surrounded by a great forest. Many of her childhood memories are linked to the Mystery and Enchantment of the Forest. The Silent presence of Deer, standing just outside her bedroom window, very shy but alert, made an almost surreal impression on her. They seem almost pre-historic, which they soon might become with the threat of Global Warming! In a mood of Serenity they move onto Therese Nortvedt’s canvases among modern air-conditioned Interiors or are lost in the traffic in the middle of the city. Her paintings of large scale Pansies surround the Deer! The Pansies, the most alluring of all garden flowers, are also called Heart-ease and Peace of Mind. (The French call it pensee – which means thought). Having many nicknames such as Jump-up-and-kiss-me, Kiss-me-in-the-butterfly and Tickle my face, the Pansy represents an element of humour as well as beauty. Surrealism has become reality in Therese Nortvedt’s new paintings! Therese Nortvedt has lived and worked in London for the last five years. Her 18 new large canvases will be exhibited in the prestigious Galleri Trafo in Asker, Norway from 13th of January – 4th February 2007. Britain’s No 1 Artist, Damien Hirst, has just finished his first sale exhibition in Norway (sold £800,000 / NOK 10 million), also at Galleri Trafo, the newly refurbished power station.
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T H E U R B A N J U N G L E

New Exhibition from 13 January in Galleri Trafo, Asker, Norway

In a World where the Artificial is becoming natural, and nature is becoming more and more Artificial, Therese Nortvedt dresses up the animals and takes them to the Urban Jungle.

The great contrast between her life in London and summers spent far above the Arctic Circle in Norway has inspired her new exhibition.

Therese grew up in a small village surrounded by a great forest. Many of her childhood memories are linked to the Mystery and Enchantment of the Forest. The Silent presence of Deer, standing just outside her bedroom window, very shy but alert, made an almost surreal impression on her.

They seem almost pre-historic, which they soon might become with the threat of Global Warming! In a mood of Serenity they move onto Therese Nortvedt’s canvases among modern air-conditioned Interiors or are lost in the traffic in the middle of the city.

Her paintings of large scale Pansies surround the Deer! The Pansies, the most alluring of all garden flowers, are also called Heart-ease and Peace of Mind. (The French call it pensee – which means thought). Having many nicknames such as Jump-up-and-kiss-me, Kiss-me-in-the-butterfly and Tickle my face, the Pansy represents an element of humour as well as beauty.

Surrealism has become reality in Therese Nortvedt’s new paintings!

Therese Nortvedt has lived and worked in London for the last five years.

Her 18 new large canvases will be exhibited in the prestigious Galleri Trafo in Asker, Norway from 13th of January – 4th February 2007.

Britain’s No 1 Artist, Damien Hirst, has just finished his first sale exhibition in Norway (sold £800,000 / NOK 10 million), also at Galleri Trafo, the newly refurbished power station.