50 Shades of Black

Henie Onstad

01.03 — 11.08.2024

What is black? Is black a colour, a mixture of all colours, or the absence of light? This exhibition presents artists who are all concerned with the colour black, with Pierre Soulages as its starting point. Parallels are drawn to Soulages' contemporaries in the collection, such as Hans Hartung and Karel Appel, and to Norwegian artists who have been preoccupied with the colour black, such as Anna-Eva Bergman, Olav Strømme and Per Inge Bjørlo. Other artists relate to the colour through shades, as in Ann Cathrin November Høibo's textiles made in greyscale in wool. In Kåre Kivijärvi's photographs, black is deliberately highlighted through various darkroom techniques, while for Rafiki, black has content that is about far more than just colour.