Lars Kjemphol and others
“Maps and Local Satellites"

Social sculptures can be about breaking down boundaries between art and everyday life, tearing down walls between the art space and its surroundings. “Local Satellites” is a social sculpture by Lars Kjemphol, which will spread from Møre og Romsdal Art Centre, to the city of Molde.

This is a surprising group exhibition, where five Norwegian contemporary artists show paintings, graphics, sound and sculptures. The art will seep into the local community and highlight local sites in a number of fun, unexpected places in the city centre. “Local Satellites” can provide a fresh view of the city, and may facilitate new meetings.
There will be maps of all the places you can find art.

Artists:
Jim Darbu
Ole Fredrik Hvidsten
Lars Kjemphol
Fredrik Fjeld Kløvstad
Christian Tony Norum

Ole Fredrik Hvidsten / ofhvidsten (b. 1986) (NO) is mainly an illustrator who works with commercial clients, but with a need to unfold in the room the art offers.
He sits at St.Haugen, together with Sigrid Espelien and Jim Darbu, where together they run an artist-run gallery, StudioHalv.
In addition to this, ofhvidsten is also included in the art collective Hvitsten Salong and the drawing collective BirgersOterUtleie.

Jim Darbu ( f. 1981) has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in private galleries and art-institutions throughout Norway since 2010. His works are held in the collections of Bergen Art Museum, Akershus County and Hå old vicarage, Norway. His art is highly influenced by the aesthetics of pop art, comics, films and video entertainment games.
“I can’t even begin to grasp the amount of hours I’ve spent in front of the television or a computer screen. My obsession has definitely given me a lot of joy, but it has also given me a lot of impulses to process.How the general man would react to all this is hard to say, but my response has always been to make art. Like a broken mirror I reflect the fragments of our popular culture and turn them into sculptures.”

Christian Tony Norum (b. 1980) is 3 at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo. He uses many techniques, mainly painting, installation, performance and sculpture, and seeks and renews in our time and in the abstract expressions of modernism. Norum plays with art history and mixes it with observations from his own life. His images are rich in references, while at the same time coming as very free and unbound. Typical of Norum is one he freely relates to his sources of inspiration and creates newer and personal expressions in large and smaller formats. As for his painting, the colorite and brush guide are expressive, fierce and dynamic. His visual universe is rod and complex and expresses to the fullest our spirit of time.
Since graduating from the academy in 2012, Norum has exhibited at Galleri K, Trøndelag Centre for Contemporary Art, the Munch Museum, the Artists’ Association, Edvard Munch’s studio at Ekely, Oslo Kunstforening, the Berlin Biennale and Manifesta 11. in Zurich. He has been acquired by the National Museum, Storebrand Art Collection and a number of private collections.

Fredrik Fjeld Kløvstad (b. 1985) Kløvstads motifs are expressive and abstract, with an emphasis on portraits.
His paintings reflect the many personalities within himself, as well as the potpourri of encounters he has in Oslo eastside. Kløvstads works has elements of art brut, expressionism, graffiti and street art. Features of his works often involves strong colors, direct and powerful brush strokes, and markers. He lives, works, and breathes in Oslo, Norway.

Lars Kjemphol (b. 1980) lives and works in Oslo.
The idea of the social sculpture permeates Kjemphols art. This term was first coined by the artist Joseph Beuys in the 1960s. The term refers to art’s potential as an immaterial and transformative force. It points to art’s unique ability to enlighten current topics, and when the audience is invited to take part in creating critical art, it can spark social change.
Kjemphol is a multimedial artist who works within several disciplines. His works range from large-scale installations to graphic expressions. His artistic production is inclusive; he enjoys exploring different artists and social groups. Woodland Skateboards and Norsk Antikunstsenter (Norwegian Anti-Art Centre) are examples of this.
Kjemphol has written several books, for instance Up your art – the art of art, which gives advice to young and unestablished artists.

The project is supported by Arts Council Norway and Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond