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Alfred Vaagsvold: WAY

Norwegian Artist Alfred Vaagsvold shows exhibition WAY in TCG Nordica during September-October 2009. Alfred is a part of the ArtsNordica network since many years.

See his artwork: Alfred Vaagsvold ArtNordica page WAY - Artist Statement
“As an artist in postmodern times I work with multiple media forms.

My last exhibition in Mumbai, India, January this year, included paintings; in Maison de Norvége, Paris, May, it was paintings and sculptures,and as a participant in the Summer Exhibition in Seljord 09, Norway, I show an outdoors installation made of earth and clothes.

In 2003 I was invited artist to TCG Nordica in Kunming. In a groupshow together with artists from Denmark and Norway, I exhibited sculptures and installations made of painted polyurethane foam together with roses. This was made on the spot as art in progress, exhibited during the visiting time. The installations was about the idea of birth, life and death. Now I am very honoured to come back to TCG Nordica for a solo show.

This time I want to continue the ideas from my first show in Kunming.

I want to work out the exhibition during the stay in Folk studio, all made in China. I like to work in the pressure of time. In this experimental works, a lot can happen. The title of the exhibition, WAY, is open for many interpretations.

My installations are all actions and reactions related to things happening in society. The sculptures are studies and new creations of forms. They are influenced by the statement of Hans Arp:”We do not wish to imitate nature, we do not wish to reproduce, we want to produce… We want to produce directly, not indirectly. Since there is not a trace of abstraction in this art, we call it concrete art.”

This is also what I aim for in my paintings, and I am asking if it is possible not to see any abstractions or figurations in this expressive way of painting. If the paintings are gestures, movements, calligraphic strokes, they could also have a symbolic meaning, a stroke of life and hope.” - Alfred Vaagsvold 2009
"WAY" Exhibition Poster WAY_Exhibition Information
Experimental works, showing works in progress

Exhibition opening: 2009/09/28, Monday, 20:00
Exhibition duration: 2009/09/28—-10/11

Gallery opening time: 10:00–22:00(Tue-Sat), 17:00-22:00(Mon)

Curator: Luo Fei
Co-curator: Tian Yao
Graphic Designer: Du Ning
Host by: TCG Nordica

International Cooperation Partner: ArtsNordica
Support: The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affaires

Address: TCG Nordica (in LOFT)
Xibalu 101, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Tel: +86-871-4114692
Website: www.tcgnordica.com
Email: info@tcgnordica.com

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Photos from the Exhibition Opening:

Alfred Vaagsvold previously participated in these ArtsNordica arrangements:

FOLK 08 FOLK 05 Vaagsvold, Vagart and Olsen

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