The Museum in the Media
Fear of the future and redemption of the past
There is a seriousness in the 2022 Annual Exhibition, which reflects the many concerns one can have when living today: climate crisis and overconsumption, mental vulnerability, war, illness and death. The exhibition approaches everything difficult, but also finds hope in old traditions, tactile experiments and the bliss of chance.
By Joachim Aagaard Friis
Sensitivity and protest at the Annual Exhibition
The harsh realities of life play quietly in the background when the artisans are back in Eastern Norway with their Annual Exhibition.
A painter in the web
Lonely heart shows tapestries and paintings by Birgit Hagen (1912-2002). The title provides an introduction to the exhibition, which suggests a psychological content in the works, characterized by loneliness, vulnerability and strong emotions.
Who is Holmsbu-Kristus?
Åsmund Thorkildsen has discovered that the god Balder is hiding in the folds of the mantle of Holmsbu Christ.
Disappointingly little current
The November exhibition is one of the few cultural offerings that is open now. Drammens Tidende's reviewer believes it lacks community involvement.
The November exhibition - more important than ever: - Art can give hope
- It has been a challenge to work with the opening of this year's exhibition. We have probably planned the opening five times, I think, says Yola Maria Tsolis, who is the leader of the jury in the second year.
New perspectives on folk art
A series of writings from Drammens Museum shows that folk art contains a large world.
A world of emotions and forms
This spring's exhibition at the museum, Nye blikk.
The story of the painting is not over
Review of Nye blikk by Kristan Klausen