We are thrilled to commence our spring season with the exhibition Anthropology Archaeology Apology by the artist duo Bakketun & Norum. The duo was awarded the Savings Bank Foundation DNB’s art grant at Oslo Kunstforening in 2015.



In Bakketun’s array of work physical changes and tensions in our surroundings are connected to the human psyche. New intersections and connections are drawn up between different realities by exploring objects with kinesthetic and metaphysical potensial, often with reference to science, occultism and the everyday. Her practice involves installation, sculpture and video based work. 



Norum alternates between different formats as well; most notably painting, drawing, graphic work and installation. He formulates a profound homage to the arts and the artist - a homage housing empathy for the artist studio where the art comes to life and to the institutions that puts it on display and stores it for eternity to come. The complexity of time, the vastness of approach and perspectives are reflected throughout Norum’s work. 



Bakketun & Norum have operated as an artist duo sidelining their own practices since 2012. Their collaboration, where two wide-scoping practices both come together and collide, forms a third expression. Anthropology Archeology Apology presents a total installation which moves throughout OK’s three rooms. The installation includes sculpture, video, oil painting, acrylics and chemicals on paper amongst other things.

An artist talk will take place Wednesday 21 February at 6 pm with artist Henrik Plenge Jakobsen.