Circulation

Hanne Friis’ major museum solo show, Circulation, the artist shows a series of new works that relate both visually and thematically to Gustav Vigeland and the Vigeland Museum, challenging herself and the viewer in using synthetic materials such as latex, skai and vinyl – plastic materials which for many have negative connotations and which are often associated with something cheap and simple. The works are made with the rooms in which they will be exhibited in mind, and Friis relates to Vigeland by playing off materials and colours against his sculptures; either in that they resemble bronze, plaster and stone, or in that they function as a contrast to his sculptures, such as for example with the use of the colour cyan.

The abstract forms in Hanne Friis’s works have references to both bodily processes and the cycles of nature. She herself has stated that throughout her career she has worked with themes related to how we humans are connected to nature, and how we as nature are in constant change, which ultimately leads us to death. Life and death are connected. These are themes that are also central to Gustav Vigeland’s art.