Akhada I, II, III (2024) / Cotton satin, sweat jersey, cotton, nylon threads, canvas wood fram / 90 x 120 cm
The group exhibition OPEN UP YOUR EYES brings together a diverse group of artists whose work spans documentary, experimental, and conceptual practices, addressing cultural an environmental questions through a wide array of photographic approaches. These artist use the lens not only as a tool for documentation but as a means to disrupt conventions inviting viewers to engage more deeply with the potential of contemporary photography.
Through their work, they confront audiences with questions of identity, place, memory, an perception. Each piece in the exhibition challenges viewers to re-evaluate the familiar encouraging them to look beyond the surface and see the world with fresh eyes.
The invited artists are Dev Dhunsi / Erik Gustafsson / Frido Evers / Geir Moseid / Christian
Tunge / Hilde Honerud / Ingrid Eggen/ Marianne Bjørnmyr / Thora Dolven Balke / Sandra
Vaka / Victor Nicolai
The exhibition and collaboration between Melk and Høyersten Contemporary is due to Melk’s 15-year anniversary.
29. November 2024 - 25. January 2025