For 20 years, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum has housed the old cathedral school, also known as “Katta”. One of the first works the newly founded museum bought in 1996 was the sculpture Maisengel by the artist Irene Nordli. But now we are on the move, and fittingly enough, the angel with his corn cob wings will fly to his new home, Kunstsilo .
“Sørlandets Kunstmuseum is currently opening a new exhibition that tells the museum’s more than 20 years of history, and at the same time gives us a glimpse into the future.” Read Jan Henrik Munksgaard’s article in FVN.
In this exhibition, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum invites the public to say a final goodbye to an era in the museum’s history. The history of SKMU contains many stories, and not least several art collections. As early as 1995, the museum was founded to preserve the unique collection of the former Christiansands Picture Gallery. The strong craft environment in Sørlandet, especially in Kristiansand and Risør in the 70s, has also become an important part of our history. To build our own collection which consists of both visual art and craft has been an important task, which has led the museum has acquired the art of both regional and national artisans and billedkunstn ers .
Treasures from the art museum’s collections are retrieved, presented together with stories and other highlights from the last twenty years. Here you can experience everything from the classic painters from Sørlandet such as Amaldus Nielsen , Olaf Isaachsen and Alfred Emil Andersen , Beat art by Leo Valledor and Richard Kiggins , to the highlight of the collection with works by Kjell Nupen, Else Marie Jakobsen, Irene Nordli and Elisabeth Haarr . You can also get acquainted with new purchases for the collection that have not previously been shown at the museum , such as Marte Gunnufsen’s video work “ Metamorphosis ” . It is memorable reunion as well as totally new experiences of art – not to mention the voltage in the face of a new era , e n n y s a m l of n g and a new art museum, K u n s t s in l o .
CURRENT ARTISTS
Joseph St. Armand / Jo Ravn Abusland / Alfred Emil Andersen / Per Barclay / Michael Bowen / Jack Carrig / Johan Christian Castberg / Sigurd Danifer / Ditte Ejlerskov og Johan Furåker / Agnete Erichsen / Kristian Marcelius Førland / Marcelius Førland / Eirik Gjedrem / Espen Gleditsch / Severin Grande / Marte Gunnufsen / Olaf Hasaas / Richard Hirsch / Elsie-Ann Hochlin / John Roger Holte / Ann Cathrin November Høibo / Elisabeth Haarr / Olaf Isaachsen / Anlaug Jakobsen / Else Marie Jakobsen / Jonas Ib FH Jensen / Gro Jessen / Richard Kiggins / Helene Kortner / Alf Krogh Holt / Christian Krohg / Børre Larsen / Erlend Leirdal / Hedevig Thorine Christine Lund / Løvaas &Wagle / Warren MacKenzie / Talleiv Taro Manum / Lars Morell / William Morris / Eline Mugaas / Edvard Munch / Dea Trier Mørch / Grete Helland-Hansen Nash / Amaldus Nielsen / Johan Martin Nielssen / Irene Nordli / Kjell Nupen / Tønnes Omdal / Linn Pedersen / Gladys Florence Raknerud / Inger Johanne Rasmussen / Arthur Richer / Leonard Rickhard / Tormod Ropstad / Svein Rønning / Bente Knudsen Sanden / Keith Sanzenbach / Lise Schønberg / Evelyn Scobie / Johanna Siqveland / Arne Bendik Sjur / John Skognes / Astrid Sleire / Signe Solberg / Kari Stiansen / Marthe Elise Stramrud / Rolf W. Syrdahl / Adolph Tidemand / Kåre Tveit / Atle Urdal / Leo Valledor / Edvard Vigebo / Morten Viskum / Gunilla Maria ÅkessonSyrdahl / Adolph Tidemand / Kåre Tveit / Atle Urdal / Leo Valledor / Edvard Vigebo / Morten Viskum / Gunilla Maria ÅkessonSyrdahl / Adolph Tidemand / Kåre Tveit / Atle Urdal / Leo Valledor / Edvard Vigebo / Morten Viskum / Gunilla Maria ÅkessonSyrdahl / Adolph Tidemand / Kåre Tveit / Atle Urdal / Leo Valledor / Edvard Vigebo / Morten Viskum / Gunilla Maria ÅkessonSyrdahl / Adolph Tidemand / Kåre Tveit / Atle Urdal / Leo Valledor / Edvard Vigebo / Morten Viskum / Gunilla Maria Åkesson
Curated by:
Tone Klev Furnes, curator of Two Generations with Painters from Sør
Markus August Sannes, copywriter on texts about Aasland and Korsmo’s grain silo
Other rooms are curated by an interdisciplinary group of curators at the museum:
Frida Forsgren, Hanne Cecilie Gulstad, Ellinor Clayhills Hedemann, Mariana Teneva Koeva, Elisabeth Romberg, Sunniva Rognmo Thakre, Marte Undheim
