JOHANNE NORDBY WERNØ

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14/05/12

Before Documenta in Kassel, I am packing my bags for Reykjavik Arts Festival, the Festspillene in Bergen and for interviewing the directors of the artist run space 1857 during their program with Kaleidoscope Magazine at the Roma Contemporary fair.

Please find my Dagbladet articles listed here. Most recent: an interview on the exhibition by painter Sylvia Sleigh in Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo, and my reports from the 7t Berlin Biennale.

27/03/12

Please join me on Thursday, March 29 for the release of Vinduet. The issue features my story on the stereoscope. The party takes place in beautiful Deichmanske Bibliotek, Oslo, at 7 PM.

And yes, those are my nails. Photo by the gifted Niklas Lello.

01/03/12

On Monday, March 5th, artist Marianne Hurum’s sculpture project «Eg gret for haran gret» will open in Vågåmo, Oppland. A proud art consultant for KORO (Public Art Norway) on this project, I look forward to attending in Vågå.

29/02/12

What’s with the human kind’s endless fascination with 3D? Why do we (still) get a kick out of the illusion of three dimensional space? An article of mine about the stereoscope, the invention from 1838 that first enabled us to see images in 3D, will be published in the next edition of Vinduet. See the stereoscope in use here (Terrence Malick: Badlands, 1973).

I am off to New York again on March 6-16 to work and see art.

27/02/12

My first text for Artforum (the print edition), a review of Ann Cathrin November Høibo’s show at Standard (Oslo), will be published in the upcoming issue.

03/01/12

Happy new year!

I’m currently taking up my Dagbladet tasks again after the holidays, plus working on a text for literary magazine Vinduet.

16/11/11

Two of the artists I curated this spring, Tori Wrånes and Kaia Hugin, have been shortlisted for major art awards (the Statoil Art Award and the Sparebankstiftelsen DnB NOR respectively). Congratulations!

Back from NY, I’ve published texts on the Performa contributions of Elmgreen & Dragset and Nils Bech, and have an interview with emerging filmmaker Mona Lerche coming up.

Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset smoking cigarettes outside the Americano, Chelsea, NY. Photo: JNW

18/10/11

Soon off to New York to cover the Performa 11 Biennial plus a few more selected art events for Dagbladet.

11/09/11

This fall, I started working for the daily newspaper Dagbladet, where I’ll be covering the visual arts field as a critic and writer. So far I reviewed the popular, but always critically battered annual Høstutstillingen in Oslo and made an attempt at the mandatory art-after-terror essay; this weekend I visited Bergen Kunsthall‘s new group show Details, curated by What, How and for Whom + got a brief look at their second opening this weekend, a nice show by Hanne Mugaas (of Art since the summer of 1969-fame) called Chaos as usual – and then interviewed my friend, Swedens wisest comic strip author Martin Kellerman. Check out Orosdi-Back’s new series of books with artist interviews coming out in Sweden, one of which is featuring Martin.

22/06/11

More writing going on:

I’ve written an essay for the group exhibition «Site-sensitive Acts» which opens in Gallery Mejan, Stockholm, on June 29th. The contributing artists, all showing video work, are Sofia Törnblad, Hiroko Tsuchimoto, Malin Pettersson Öberg, Gomfilm (Tomas Stark and Marko Bandobranski) and Vygandas Simbelis. Welcome! Next, I’m handing in a review for Artforum.com (Critics’ Picks), and in July I’ll be writing about the Lutz-Rainer Müller & Stian Ådlandsvik project «You only tell me you love me when you’re drunk» (2010) for KORO‘s annual publication.

04/06/11

I’m in Stavanger for the final vernissage out of five for the travelling group show Rom for Stein og Hjort. Very welcome to Stavanger Kunstforening on Sunday 5th of June, 14-16!

Marthe Ramm Fortun will give the last performance in a series of five – «Celestial Bodies». A collaboration with Juliet Jacobson and Kari Adelaide, located in New York from where they provide Marthe with instructions and artefacts per mail. Read more on Marthe’s website.

Finally, Joar Nango and Tanya Busse’s DIY wines «Vestavin», produced while the show has been touring the West Coast and with the help of the people of Øystese, Førde, Ålesund, Haugesund, and Stavanger, are ready to be served. Read more!

Jørund Aase Falkenberg’s raft is ready to be launched: at Stavanger’s Tou Scene June 14 at 9:30. Eventually, it will end up as part of the exhibition in the Kunstforening. Until then, see his video «Nybrott. Flåte», featured in the show from the start in January.

22/05/11

After spending most of my time curating for a while, I’m finally writing again. Here’s a review of mine in this week’s Klassekampen Bokmagasinet.

18/05/11

I finally got a Twitter account. Follow me on @johannewerno.

25/04/11

On behalf of KORO and in collaboration with co-consultant Eli Kongssund, I’ve invited Marianne Hurum to come up with an art project for the entrance space of Vågåmo Skule in Oppland, Norway. Looking forward working with Marianne in the year to come! See her work on www.mariannehurum.info. The artist for Vågåmo’s second project, the outdoor space, will be announced at a later date.

Earlier work by Marianne Hurum: «1» (Logs, painting, lighter)

07/04/11

I am moving to Oslo next week after almost four years in Stockholm.

«Tori Wrånes: RUN ‘n JUMPS» is the number one recommendation on the arts list in today’s City.

I am now an arts consultant for Trondheim Kommune.

As one out of many titles, my publication «Transatlantic Journeys» was recently presented in the library section of the show «Travelogue as allegory» (curator: Maja Wismer) in the Royal Institute of Art, Kungliga Konsthögskolan. Thanks Malin Pettersson Öberg!

Photo: Björn Bengtsson

04/04/11

Read Kunstkritikk’s review of the show «Pica Pica» here.

Morgenbladet recommends «Pica Pica» here.

18/03/11

My upcoming openings:

25 March: «Pica Pica» in Entrée, Bergen.

The artists Per-Oskar Leu, Kaia Hugin and Ebba Bohlin will all be present.

2 April: «Tori Wrånes: RUN ‘n JUMPS» in Haninge Konsthall, Stockholm.

Unmissable performance by Tori at 13.00.

2 April: Vestlandsutstillingen 2011 «Rom for stein og hjort», Kunstmuseet Kube, Ålesund

(co-curated with Karolin Tampere)

Welcome!

10/03/11

I will have a short story published in Kolon Forlag’s anthology «Gruppe 11» (ed. Bjørn Aagenæs).

02/03/11

Currently editing the publication we’ll release on occasion of the group show «Pica Pica», curated by me for Entrée Visningsrom in Bergen. Writers/contributors will be Arve Rød, Joar Tiberg and Sara Orning, in addition to the artists Per-Oskar Leu, Ebba Bohlin and Kaia Hugin. Graphic design by Christian Brandt. Excellent hosting of Sara Orning interview: Fuglen in Oslo, thanks Halvor & Peppe.

Don’t miss the vernissage on March 25th!

10/02/11

I will soon be on my way to Førde for the 2nd opening of the Vestlandsutstillingen 2011 «Rom for stein og hjort» on Feb 26th. Visit the show’s website where the artists keep updating their own “rom” with both documentation and various extensions of their exhibited work!

Read some excerpts from the press coverage our grand opening in Øystese received:

«U(be)gripelig vellykket», Bergens Tidende’s review

«Malerifri sone i Øystese», Bergens Tidende’s news coverage

10/01/11

Finally, Vestlandsutstillingen 2011, «Rom for stein og hjort» is due to open. Curated by me with Karolin Tampere, the show unites contemporary artists with contributors from the fields of literature and design. Please check out the exhibition web site!

06/11/10

I’ll be curating a solo show by Tori Wrånes in Haninge Konsthall, to open April 2nd 2011. Read about her work on www.toriwraanes.com.

26/10/10

The website is under reconstruction, so it’s running slow and some pages might look funny for a while. Working on it! In the meantime, read my interview with curator Hanne Mugaas in the paper edition of D2!

10/09/10

We’ll shortly be announcing the artist line-up for Vestlandsutstillingen 2011, «Rom for stein og hjort». Please check in on the exhibition web site!

Our eminent graphic designer, Linn Eriksen, will be accompanied by the equally talented Ian Brown for the task of coming up with an exhibition design for our touring show.

03/09/10

At work as an art consultant for KORO.

24/08/10

Please attend Anna Lundh‘s and Ulrika Gomm‘s opening in Haninge Konsthall, Stockholm, on Sept, 11th! The exhibition, «Nu nu nu nu», is accompanied by an essay by yours truly.

03/06/10

In collaboration with André Tehrani, I interviewed Ed Ruscha last week on occasion of his retrospective at he Moderna Museet. Look out for it in financial daily Dagens Næringsliv’s weekend supplement D2.

26/05/10

My short story «Chez Bianca» is included in graphic designer Magda Lipka Falck’s MA graduation project from Konstfack, «Anywhere – A travel guide».

The UKS event on May 16th was a great experience. Pictured: visitor Cecilie wearing parts of my printed matter. More great pictures by Geir Haraldseth here.

09/05/10

On invitation by artist Marthe Ramm Fortun, I’ll be contributing to an event on May 16th, marking the last day of the exhibition Bad Moon Rising 5 in UKS, The Young Artists’ Society, in Oslo.

09/05/10

Another publication launch is coming up: «See the exhibition on a sunny day – om samtida kritiskt skrivande och curerande» features, among contributions by my peers from Konstfack (2007-09), an experiment in critical/fictional writing by myself in collaboration with Maria Fusco. Welcome to Iaspis in Stockholm, May 17th, for a combined release party and lecture with Pierre Bal-Blanc. The publication’s editor has been Jelena Rundqvist.

26/04/10

My fictional experiment with art criticism, «Transatlantic Journeys» (2009), will be presented as part of the event The Bergen Bienniale (!), organised by Jenny Moore Koslowsky of the London-based collective Gandt together with Bergen’s own (artist collective) Ytter and (artist run gallery) Entrée, on April 30th.

25/04/10

A report from the debate at Oslo’s Office for Contemporary Art on April 7th, featuring Elmgreen&Dragset, Will Bradley, Marta Kuzma, Per Platou and myself, can be read on Kritikerlaget’s pages (in Norwegian only).

15/04/10

I’ve joined the editorial team of Alphabet Prime (ed. Maia Gianakos).

29/03/10

I’ll be participating as a panelist when The Norwegian Art Critics’ Prize is presented to artists/curators Elmgreen & Dragset on April 7th, 18.00 at OCA (Office for Contemporary Art), Nedre gate 7 in Oslo.

Welcome!

More information on Kritikerlaget’s pages.

15/03/10

The Vestlandsutstillingen 2011 is announced! Please visit the site.

31/01/10

On March 15, co-curator Karolin Tampere and I will announce the theme for the Vestlandsutstillingen 2011.

10/01/10

I will soon be writing my first text for Artforum.com‘s Critics’ Picks section.

16/12/09

My fiction story «Transatlantic Journeys» has now traveled to even more stores, as excerpts from it is included in Maia Gianakos’ journal Alphabet Prime:

New York

Printed Matter, Inc.

Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers

Paris

Frankfurt

Berlin

Oslo

Stockholm

Kulturbutiken/Konsten at wip:konsthall

Zürich

Lausanne

Los Angeles

Merry Christmas!

23/11/09

I am Morgenbladet‘s new art critic.

30/09/09

Very welcome to Milliken Gallery for the release of Maia Gianakos’ Alphabet Prime!
Fri, Oct 2nd at 18-20 in Luntmakargatan 78, Stockholm

(Note: www.jnw.nu is under construction. Welcome back later!)

03/09/09 – Forthcoming fun:

A shorter version of my short story-operating-as-art criticism, Transatlantic Journeys, will appear in the forthcoming issue of Alphabet Prime. The journal, describing itself as a «call to arms for a new language to infiltrate contemporary cultural discourse», is edited by curator Maia Gianakos and features contributions from Goldin+Senneby, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Olav Westphalen, Sarah Rifky and more. Release party: Friday, Oct 2nd in Stockholm. Exact time and venue TBA. Save the date!

I will be presenting the same fiction/criticism-project at The ArtText Symposium in Gothenburg on Oct, 9th. «The art text – Writing in and throught the arts» is meant to discuss what kinds of writing are developed within the field of art research – new kinds?

(Note: www.jnw.nu is continually, though slowly, filled up with more material. Welcome back!)

22/08/09

Welcome to www.jnw.nu, a portfolio of texts, exhibitions and other projects by Johanne Nordby Wernø. This new web page is under construction, but will be up soon. Please visit my old one in the meantime!