All that Lies Between
October 13–December 22, 2023
Oslo 0158
Norway
Hours: Tuesday–Friday 12–5pm
Saturday–Sunday 12–4pm
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The National Museum
Brynjulf Bulls plass 3, 0250 Oslo, Norway
Hours: Tuesday–Wednesday, 10am–8pm; Thursday–Sunday, 10am–5pm
Tenthaus
Maridalsveien 3, 0178 Oslo, Norway
Hours: Friday–Sunday, 1–5pm
Deichman Bjørvika
Anne-Cath. Vestlys plass 1, 0150 Oslo, Norway
Hours: Monday–Friday, 8am–10pm; Saturday–Sunday, 10am–6pm
Mette Stausland, Fredrik Høyer, Idun Baltzersen, Terje Dragseth, Anna Sofie Mathiasen, Agnes Ravatn, Cato Løland, Janne Stigen Drangsholt, Sverre Malling, Sigbjørn Skåden, Damla Kilickiran, Jenny Hval, John Arne Sæterøy, Gulraiz Sharif, Bjørn Hegardt, Inger Wold Lund, Kurt Johannessen, Øyvind Berg, Kim Hiorthøy, Marthe A Andersen, Johan Urban Bergquist, Christina Bruland, Bui Quy Son, Sissel Fredriksen, Aurora Passero, Terje Nicolaisen, Gabrielle Paré, Victor Guzman, Araiz Mesanza, Jan Groth, Adam Pendleton, Erik Werenskiold, Hanne Lydia Opøien Figenschou, Gelawesh Waledkhani, Wei Ting Zeng, Valentina Martinez, Trond Hugo Haugen, Torgeir Husevaag, Stefan Schröder, Stan D’Haene & Stach Szumski, Shahrzad Malekian, Pablo Helguera, Nikhil Vettukattil, Martin Kolsrud, Marie Cole, Maren Dagny Juell & Arman Arief Rachman, Lucía Aragón, Kirsty Kross, Joanna Chia-yu Lin, Jana Winderen, Jacky Jaan-Yuan Kuo, Ida Uvaas, Hermetiske Skygger, Helen Eriksen, FUKT Magazine, Enrique Guadarrama Solis, Ebba Moi & Anna Carin Hedberg, Carlos A. Correia, Benedict Beldam, Belén Santillán.
Curated by Hilde Lunde, Roddy Bell and Ottar Karlsen.
Visual identity: Ariane Spanier
The Drawing Triennial 2023—All that Lies Between takes place at four locations: Tegnerforbundet—The Norwegian Drawing Center, the National Museum, Tenthaus and Deichman Bjørvika. 63 national and international artists participate in this year’s triennial, focused on two of the most historically important forms of human communication—drawing and text.
The Drawing Triennial 2023 examines the relationship between the written and drawn, the said and unsaid, and everything in between. The curatorial group poses several questions about drawing and text: Can drawing be understood as a separate language? Are there things that can exclusively be expressed through drawings, or words? What happens in the brain when viewing a drawing, versus reading a text? Is this experience unique to each individual, or do patterns bind us together? What is an abstract text, and what meanings can it contain? What determines whether an idea, a feeling or an experience becomes a text or drawing?
The triennial is a collaboration between four actors in the field of drawing, text and art, that will illuminate the theme in their own way:
Tegnerforbundet—The Norwegian Drawing Center, owner and organizer of the Drawing Triennial, was founded in 1916 and is Norway’s only center for drawing. Tegnerforbundet works to show the breadth of drawing and to promote the discourse around drawing as an art form. Since 2002, Tegnerforbundet has organized the Drawing Triennial (formerly biennial), an arena for the display and dissemination of contemporary drawing-based art.
The National Museum owns Norway’s largest collections of art, architecture and design. The new National Museum, completed in the summer of 2022, unites what was previously the National Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, making it the largest art museum in the Nordic region.
Tenthaus, an international art collective founded in 2009, is characterized by an open, process-oriented form of participation and collaboration. Tenthaus encompasses both a project room, an exhibition space, a mobile studio, and a wide range of curatorial projects.
Deichman Bjørvika is Oslo’s main library, and Norway’s oldest and largest public library. Completed in June 2020, it won the title of the world’s best public library in 2021.
The Drawing Triennial 2023 includes a rich dissemination program, titled Inbetween, that takes place at the four exhibition locations, creating an activating framework around the triennial’s theme.
The Drawing Triennial is made up of the following exhibitions:
Tegnerforbundet—The Norwegian Drawing Center
All that Lies Between
October 13–December 22, 2023
The National Museum
My life! My choice?
October 13, 2023–March 31, 2024
Tenthaus
Bitácora
October 13–December 22, 2023
Deichman Bjørvika
The Book of Whispers
October 13, 2023–January 14, 2024
