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Oslo Kunstforening is very pleased to present an exhibition of Inger Johanne Grytting.

The line is the main component in Inger Grytting’s drawings and paintings. Drawn with pencil or brush it often follows a column format pattern; each work begins in the upper left corner, proceeds down and resumes in the next column.

Each line is unique, carrying with it a body’s weight; the movement of the arm over the surface, the pressure of the brush. Grytting, who studied sculpture at the New School in the late 70s, has compared the process to the repetitive cuts of a chisel into a three-dimensional material.

Grytting’s paintings are primed with one color laid out with a thick brush. A thin brush is then used to paint line after line from the upper left corner and down. The repetitive movement may seem simple, almost mechanical.

Yet the paintings are not abstract. They are the quintessence of physical experiences, a kind of stripped down, untranslatable diary. The paintings communicate at low frequencies and act as surfaces upon which our own experiences can be projected.

The exhibition at Oslo Kunstforening focuses on Inger Johanne Grytting’s paintings but will also include drawings.

Wednesday, March 16, a conversation will be held between Inger Grytting and Joakim Borda-Pedreira starting at 6 pm.

Joakim Borda-Pedreira is an art critic and curator. He is a former art editor for Plaza Magazine (2007-2011), curator of the Festival of North Norway (2012-2015) and was until recently general manager of Art Centers in Norway. Between 2012 and 2014 he ran The Boiler Room, an exhibition space for contemporary art in Oslo. Borda-Pedreira has participated in a large number of publications on art and design in Norway and abroad.