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Exhibition Design / Colour plan / Architecture
Client: KODE Art Museum, Bergen
Artist: Ambrosia Tønnesen
Curator: Jorunn Veiteberg
Duration: October—March 2025
Tag: Exhibition design
Photo: Tonje Bøe Birkeland
The Norwegian artist Ambrosia Tønnesen (1859—1948), a sculptor, made an unconventional career choice and had a prolific output in the late 19th century. She exhibited in Paris and received significant commissions at home. The exhibition was curated by Jorunn Veiteberg, who has researched Tønnesen for many years after first “discovering” the artist during the 1970s. The exhibition included more than sixty works in plaster, bronze, and marble, including several pieces that have not been exhibited since the artist’s lifetime.
“It is a delightful exhibition, a genuine pleasure to move through—to encounter sculpture at such close range and to become more intimately acquainted with the fascinating figure Ambrosia must have been. It is, indeed, a profoundly sensuous experience and a sensuous exhibition. The first thing I did after completing the circuit of the show was to begin it all over again.” (Renate Rivedal / Bergens Tidende).
[…] My favorite work in the exhibition must be the beautiful Italian Woman from 1895. The bright white marble stands in striking contrast to the ochre-yellow background. As the sunlight glides across the surface it seems almost to come alive; her skin appears moist, as if perspiring in the strong light […]
(Renate Rivedal / Bergens Tidende)
[…] The exhibition galleries of Permanenten present an almost dreamlike setting: clear sunlight streams through the large windows, while autumn presses in with its orange and yellow leaves. Outside, the urban scene—buses, cars, and coat-clad pedestrians—hums with activity. In the largest hall the plinths have been painted a lemon yellow, set against the monochrome busts and statuettes […]
(Renate Rivedal / Bergens Tidende)