.pomo gallery to open in trondheim, norway Opening on 15 February 2025, PoMo is a brand-new museum in Trondheim, Norway, that will deliver international modern-day and also modern fine art to the seaside urban area by means of an irreversible compilation and also a developing plan of momentary exhibits. Her first gallery venture, architect and developer India Mahdavi will thoughfully improve Trondheim’s Art Nouveau Post Office creating in to a 4,000 sqm new landmark over 5 floors, in cooperation along with Norwegian architect Erik Langdalen. PoMo is going to open up with a team show entitled ‘Postcards coming from the Future’, running February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.
The gallery will definitely exhibit its compilation through long-term screens and also pair of large-scale yearly shows, consisting of solo presentations as well as particular questionnaires. Visitor curators will certainly collaborate with PoMo’s staff to bring fresh perspectives, as well as a global lender course will definitely bring up collaboration. Events and speaks will certainly contextualize the events, and also an education and learning course will definitely interact youngsters, youth, and also grownups, along with partnerships planned along with study organizations as well as universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hour, 2003.
PoMo selection, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|graphic through Terje Trobe a cooperation in between india mahdvai and also erik Langdalen Paris-based architect as well as professional India Mahdavi is starting her very first gallery job with the progression as well as makeover procedure of PoMo. Charged with establishing a perspective for the gallery in partnership with architect Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has used her trademark approach to change the historic structure, built in 1911, right into a modern area. PoMo is going to consist of 3 floors of event galleries, to house both momentary exhibitions and also permanent compilation displays a liquid as well as inviting item room developed to malfunction barricades in between street, museum as well as arts pieces flexible cellar rooms committed to events and education and learning a library and also analysis room in the eaves of the structure and a reception room and also office on the top floor.
Pulling ideas from Trondheim’s cityscape as well as background, along with Norwegian folk art as well as craftsmanship, as well as the legacy of the aged post office property, India Mahdavi has created a vibrant and cheerful makeover that celebrates in-between places as long as event rooms: vibrant, vibrant moments will accent PoMo from the cellar to the fourth floor, frequently triggered by art work from the long-lasting compilation. ‘I wanted this gallery to experience welcoming and also inclusive, involving both the local area community and the global art group. It’s about reconnecting the nearby area with the urban area center and their personal history, while at the same time offering a fresh adventure that accepts the globe.’ example u00a9 India Mahdavi Known for his helpful renovation and also conservation ventures, Erik Langdalen’s concept for PoMo will definitely make it possible for record to speak, whilst concentrating on the future.
Durability goes to the leading edge of Langdalen’s approach, focusing on the rehab as well as re-use of historic as well as pre-existing properties to decrease green house gas exhausts, generate historical anchoring and rise social devotion. ‘When our company were taken part in 2021, I instantly recognized what potential the aged main postal service possessed as the setting for a brand new ambitious art gallery like PoMo. The work of interweaving the distinct Craft Nouveau design together with new construction and brand new technological answers has been actually quite professionally appealing, as well as has actually resulted in a variety of distinct rooms for future craft knowledge.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo are going to launch with Postcards coming from the Future, a team exhibition featuring roughly one hundred works by 24 international musicians coming from its brand-new permanent compilation and also notable international fundings.
Extending all three show floorings, the series draws motivation coming from the structure’s past history as Trondheim’s previous core Postal service, using the postcard as a particular analogy. Like art work, postcards act as vessels for public and private storytelling. The event will feature items coming from the PoMo Selection together with significant works by performers like Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, and also Monira Al Qadiri.
The PoMo Collection, triggered through Monica and Ole Robert Reitan and also featuring artworks from REITAN’s selection, concentrates on range, originality, and global depiction. To take care of sex disparity in gallery compilations, a minimum of 60% of its own achievements are committed to females musicians. The selection includes jobs through musicians such as Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and also Sol LeWitt.
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