Gjertrud Hals
Gyri / Sulci

Welcome to see the development of the art installation GYRI / SULCI in Gjertrud Hals’ studio in Molde
Visiting hours :
Tuesday 2 Nov, 13-19
Wednesday 3 Nov. 13-19
Thursday 4 Nov at 13-19
Friday 5 Nov at 13-19
Saturday 6 Nov at 10-15

Address: Kringstadstien 12 A. Take bus 701 to Djupdalen Øst, look for signs by the road. Parking spaces up by the road, some down.

Gjertrud Hals is one of the artists based in Møre og Romsdal who has been awarded production support through MRK’s projectweeks 2021.

The goal of the project week is not a finished exhibition, but to facilitate the testing and further development of an artistic idea.
For artists, this will be an opportunity to develop an idea in dialogue with the room or place, and with the audience. The project week has been made possible with delegated funds from BKHF.

A characteristic of Gjertrud Hals’ artistic practice, is experimentation and exploration of all possible materials and the willingness to combine history and the present, tradition and innovation..
In the project Gyri / Sulci, the artist set out to develop a sculptural project by using, among other things, the metal rings from old soft drinks / beer cans.

“For decades I have used worthless objects in my work: box rings, wire stumps, roots and twigs. After a while, interest has turned more and more towards the organic, both in terms of theoretical content and experimentation with materials. In Gyri / Sulci, the challenge is to create a living organic expression with the help of inorganic materials. "

Gjertrud Hals also draws a lot of inspiration for her work from neuropsychological research, an interest in modern man’s place in nature, and how organic structures, with the brain at the center, make us creative and creative beings. Several of the artist’s central works are based on her interest in the brain as a subject.
https://www.gjertrud-hals.no/
Gjertrud Hals is a Norwegian internationally known artist, born on Finnøy, now based in Molde. She has her education from, among others, the Academy of Fine Arts in Trondheim in the department of sculpture, and has since then had an extensive artistic activity in Norway and internationally, at exhibitions and in the form of large public art projects. From 1997 she has the State’s guaranteed income for artists, in 2020 she received Møre og Romsdal County Municipality’s work grant. Her work can be seen in collections such as: Mobilier National / Les Gobelins, Paris, Kube i Ålesund, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Museum of Decorative Art, Lausanne, American Craft Museum, New York, Erie Art Museum, Pennsylvania, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Düren, The National Museum in Oslo, The National Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim and Arts Council Norway collection.

Gyri (singular: gyrus) are the folds or bumps in the brain and sulci (singular: sulcus) are the indentations or grooves. Folding of the cerebral cortex creates gyri and sulci which separate brain regions and increase the brain’s surface area and cognitive ability.