.pomo gallery to open in trondheim, norway Opening on 15 February 2025, PoMo is a brand new gallery in Trondheim, Norway, that are going to take international modern and also contemporary fine art to the coastal city with a permanent selection as well as a developing program of short-term events. Her 1st museum task, designer and also professional India Mahdavi will thoughfully enhance Trondheim’s Art Nouveau General post office developing in to a 4,000 square meters brand-new spots over five floors, in cooperation along with Norwegian engineer Erik Langdalen. PoMo will certainly open along with a group exhibition entitled ‘Postcards coming from the Future’, running February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.
The gallery will feature its collection with irreversible shows and also 2 large yearly exhibitions, including solo presentations and also thematic studies. Visitor conservators will team up with PoMo’s team to carry fresh perspectives, as well as an international lending course will certainly bring up partnership. Events and speaks will certainly contextualize the exhibitions, and also a learning program will interact youngsters, young people, and also grownups, along with collaborations considered along with study companies and also universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hr, 2003.
PoMo selection, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|image through Terje Trobe a cooperation in between india mahdvai and erik Langdalen Paris-based designer as well as designer India Mahdavi is starting her first gallery venture along with the growth and improvement method of PoMo. Entrusted along with building a concept for the museum in alliance with architect Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has administered her signature technique to enhance the historical structure, built in 1911, into a modern room. PoMo will definitely consist of three storeys of event showrooms, to house both brief events and also long-lasting collection shows a fluid as well as accepting item room created to break barriers in between street, gallery and also artworks adaptable basement areas dedicated to events and education and learning a public library and also study room in the eaves of the building and also a reception space and office on the attic.
Pulling creativity coming from Trondheim’s cityscape as well as past, and also Norwegian folk fine art and craftsmanship, and the legacy of the outdated general post office structure, India Mahdavi has made a lively and joyful redesign that commemorates in-between locations as long as show spaces: daring, vivid minutes will definitely punctuate PoMo coming from the cellar to the 4th floor, typically turned on by arts pieces coming from the long-term assortment. ‘I wished this gallery to experience welcoming and also comprehensive, engaging both the nearby area and the international fine art group. It’s about reconnecting the regional community along with the city facility and also their personal background, while all at once providing a fresh adventure that invites the planet.’ illustration u00a9 India Mahdavi Known for his helpful renovation as well as conservation tasks, Erik Langdalen’s style for PoMo will make it possible for past to speak, whilst focusing on the future.
Sustainability goes to the center of Langdalen’s method, paying attention to the recovery and also re-use of historic and pre-existing buildings so as to lessen greenhouse fuel exhausts, produce historical anchoring and rise social devotion. ‘When we were engaged in 2021, I instantly knew what ability the old main postal service possessed as the setup for a brand new enthusiastic fine art museum like PoMo. The job of weaving the distinct Art Nouveau construction together with brand-new construction and also brand new technical solutions has actually been actually incredibly skillfully appealing, and also has caused an amount of one-of-a-kind spaces for future fine art adventures.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will certainly introduce along with Mails from the Future, a group exhibit including approximately one hundred jobs through 24 worldwide artists from its new permanent selection as well as substantial international lendings.
Stretching over all 3 event floorings, the show pulls motivation coming from the building’s history as Trondheim’s past main General post office, utilizing the mail as a thematic metaphor. Like art work, postcards function as ships for social and private narration. The exhibit will definitely consist of parts from the PoMo Selection alongside distinctive jobs through musicians like Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, and Monira Al Qadiri.
The PoMo Selection, launched by Monica and also Ole Robert Reitan and featuring art work coming from REITAN’s collection, focuses on diversity, originality, as well as global portrayal. To resolve gender disparity in museum compilations, at least 60% of its own achievements are actually committed to females performers. The compilation includes jobs through artists including Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and also Sol LeWitt.
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