Our Artists
Fungal Gaze - Eskedal, Lindblom & Skjeldal Gravdahl
10 august - 14 september 2024
The fungus is one of the oldest organisms on Earth, an often overlooked organism that helps make life on our planet possible. The exhibition Fungal Gaze invites us to look through a new perspective, a gaze that does not belong to us. The exhibition explores the human-centric perspective and how we objectify nature, and the inherent value we attribute to man-made objects. By attempting to step into the gaze of the mushroom, we can enter a world where the boundary between the human and the non-human is blurred, revealing intricate and intertwined weaves in the intervening areas where transformation and new perspectives arise. The artists balance between the figurative and the abstract, where the agency of the materials plays a significant role in the various processes.
Is it even possible to see the world from a new perspective? Who are we to decide what those perspectives are – and is it really in an art exhibition that we should start questioning the value we attach to man-made objects?
G.C. Pettersen
G.C. Pettersen prefers to paint with oil and to paint motifs from reality. In recent years, G.C. Pettersen's work has shown elements of nature; in still life and landscapes, and in paintings that are a cross between those types of motifs. Sometimes the works are painted indoors and sometimes outdoors.
Dag Telhaug
Dag Telhaug lives right by the sea in Spangereid, a short distance from the famous lighthouse at Lindesnes. A one hour drive from Kristiansand. Telhaug is a renowned landscape painter. He draws his main inspiration from the sea, for his naval and maritime motifs, where he paints at Lindesnes, Lista and Jæren. Telhaug depicts the southern coastal landscape and marine landscapes with varied sea bays, beaches, rivers, islets, reefs, and bird life. He conveys the mood, light, and nature in a harmonious way. The waves, the horizon, the weather, and the high sky above the surface of the water give the sea a changing face.
Sara De Christopher
Sara De Christopher is an American painter and abstract expressionist from Los Angeles, USA. She has alternated between working in the USA and Europe for over 30 years. De Christopher is also a skilled designer. She is an art graduate at California State University, Los Angeles, USA.
