Impermafrost is a solo exhibition in succession of a residency programme the artist engaged in at S12 Galleri. Impermafrost is an audiovisual installation that seeks to encourage reflection on environmental dialogues. The alchemy of glass through the transformative qualities of heat and light allow for connections alluding to ice forms and processes of climate change. The light installation is animated through responsive coding creating projections of the glass embodiments. The…
Vernissage Friday 6th of October at 7 pm! Welcome to the opening of Young & Loving! an exhibition with a personal and social political tone. Young & Loving! Is a humorous translation of “young and promising”, pointing to the exhibition’s focus on newly graduated artists. An exploratory approach to glass as part of an artistic expression is a particular feature of the exhibition concept, which was developed by S12 in…
Considerations and Ants is showing the work of Justin Ginsberg who has been an artist in resident in S12 this summer. The exhibition presents a comforting and discomforting domestic-like environment, in which objects, drawings, videos, and installations reflect the instabilities and insecurities of our existence. Ginsberg questions the way we humans act, while taking a closer look at our desire and need to control our lives and our surroundings. While…
RAGING DREAMS over the horizon Baptiste Debombourg 19.05-16.07.17 S12 Open Access Studio and Gallery celebrated its 10th anniversary with the opening of the exhibition RAGING DREAMS over the horizon by the French artist Baptiste Debombourg. Debombourg has received international acclaim for his monumental installations. Waves of broken glass breaking into and flooding rooms and structures, taking over and transforming buildings and areas. The work can be experienced as both…
31.03.17- 07.05.17 - Vernissage Friday 31st of March at 7 pm. Welcome to the opening of the exhibition “Battle Cry” by Emma Woffenden – one of Britain’s leading and most innovative glass artists. With her unconventional approach to the material she has paved the way for a generation of artists working in conceptual glass. This is the first time Woffenden is showing her work in Norway. Using a wide range…
Björn Friborg at work. Photo: Hans Runesson Welcome to the opening of "Glassyke. Tre behandlingsstrategier" (Glass disease. Three Treatment Strategies). Friday the 17th of February at 7pm. Glass disease makes glass turn into dust due to a chemical error in the composition. A different type of glass disease is the condition wherein many glass artists finds themselves when they start to master the art of glassblowing. It’s not easily…
Vi har åpnet FUNN -en salgsutstilling med kunst og design fra vår egen samling. De fleste arbeidene er laget i S12 og donert til oss av kunstnere som har deltatt i vår unike gjestekunstnerordning. Her finner du alt fra skulpturer og glassbilder til drikkeglass og julekuler. Til den ekstra kreative tilbyr vi gavekort på glassblåsing. De gode julegavene får du i S12! Velkommen! Vi har åpent onsdag – søndag 12-17…
Vernissage September 23rd at 7 p.m. Observations of different phenomenon and conditions may be highlighted as a characteristic feature of this 10th edition of Young & Loving! Where wearable art, digitalised crafts and kinetic sculptures are presented. Young & Loving! Is a humorous translation of “young and promising”, pointing to the exhibition’s focus on newly graduated artists. An exploratory approach to glass as part of an artistic expression is a…
In this solo exhibition we´ll get to know the unique and distinctive glass paintings of the internationally renowned artist Palo Macho (b. 1965, Slovakia). Palo Macho is one of the most original contemporary glass artists in Slovakia, known for his innovative approach to glass. His artistic expression and technique differs from the Slovak glass school where glass objects perfectly cut in to geometric shapes with optical qualities are central. As…
