.pomo gallery to open in trondheim, norway Position on 15 February 2025, PoMo is a new gallery in Trondheim, Norway, that will certainly take international modern and also modern craft to the coastal metropolitan area by means of a permanent assortment and also a growing course of momentary exhibitions. Her very first museum venture, architect and developer India Mahdavi are going to thoughfully change Trondheim’s Fine art Nouveau Postal service building right into a 4,000 sqm brand new site over 5 floors, in partnership along with Norwegian designer Erik Langdalen. PoMo will definitely open up along with a team exhibition labelled ‘Postcards from the Future’, working February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.
The gallery will feature its assortment by means of long-lasting shows as well as two large-scale yearly exhibits, featuring solo discussions as well as particular surveys. Attendee curators will definitely collaborate with PoMo’s team to take fresh point of views, and an international loan program will sustain partnership. Activities and talks will contextualize the events, as well as an education and learning system will definitely engage youngsters, youth, and also adults, along with alliances prepared with investigation establishments and also universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hour, 2003.
PoMo selection, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|image through Terje Trobe a cooperation between india mahdvai and erik Langdalen Paris-based designer as well as professional India Mahdavi is actually embarking on her 1st gallery project with the development as well as renovation procedure of PoMo. Charged with cultivating a goal for the museum in collaboration along with designer Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has actually applied her trademark approach to improve the historical building, built in 1911, right into a present-day space. PoMo will include 3 floors of exhibition exhibits, to house both short-lived events and permanent compilation shows a liquid as well as welcoming item area made to break obstacles between street, gallery and artworks pliable basement areas dedicated to occasions and also education a library and also analysis space in the eaves of the structure and a reception space and workplace on the top floor.
Pulling inspiration from Trondheim’s cityscape and also background, as well as Norwegian folk art as well as craftsmanship, and also the legacy of the outdated postal service building, India Mahdavi has developed a vibrant and joyous remodelling that commemorates in-between areas as high as exhibit areas: vibrant, vivid instants are going to punctuate PoMo coming from the basement to the 4th flooring, typically switched on through arts pieces coming from the permanent assortment. ‘I wished this gallery to feel welcoming and also broad, interacting both the local neighborhood and also the global craft group. It has to do with reconnecting the nearby community with the city center and their own background, while at the same time giving a new knowledge that invites the globe.’ illustration u00a9 India Mahdavi Understood for his thoughtful remediation as well as preservation tasks, Erik Langdalen’s design for PoMo will certainly enable background to talk, whilst concentrating on the future.
Durability is at the forefront of Langdalen’s technique, paying attention to the recovery and re-use of historical as well as pre-existing buildings so as to reduce garden greenhouse gas emissions, make historical anchoring as well as rise social devotion. ‘When we were actually taken part in 2021, I right away comprehended what potential the old major post office had as the setup for a brand-new enthusiastic fine art museum like PoMo. The job of weaving the distinguishing Fine art Nouveau construction together with brand-new architecture and also brand-new technological remedies has been extremely properly interesting, and has resulted in a lot of unique areas for future fine art expertises.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will certainly launch with Postcards coming from the Future, a group show including about 100 works through 24 global musicians from its brand new irreversible selection and also substantial global fundings.
Stretching over all 3 show floorings, the show draws ideas from the structure’s past as Trondheim’s former main Post Office, using the postcard as a particular allegory. Like arts pieces, mails serve as ships for social as well as private narration. The event will certainly include items coming from the PoMo Compilation together with notable works through musicians like Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, and Monira Al Qadiri.
The PoMo Compilation, started through Monica and also Ole Robert Reitan as well as including art work from REITAN’s assortment, pays attention to variety, creativity, and global depiction. To attend to sex inequality in gallery compilations, at the very least 60% of its accomplishments are devoted to ladies artists. The compilation includes jobs through musicians including Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and Sol LeWitt.
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