The Curated Object

Exhibitions Oslo. Erik Magnussen – A Pioneer of Danish Design. The National Museum for Art, Design and Architecture, Oslo. The Curated Object

Erik Magnussen, Termokanne for Stelton. Foto: Piotr

 

Erik Magnussen – A Pioneer of Danish Design

May 20 –August 28, 2011

Erik Magnussen (b. 1940) is one of Denmark’s great post-war pioneers of design who have contributed to placing Danish and Scandinavian Design on the world map.

Magnussen was educated as a ceramic artist and industrial designer and his works are characterised by sophisticated simplicity, minimal form and clarity. His major rule is to arrive at the correct proportions while balancing between the presentation technique and the potentials of production.

The exhibition presents a broad scope of his objects, including furniture, glass, porcelain, cutlery and industrial design, and of course, his most famous product, the Stelton Thermo Jug, of which more than 10 million copies have been sold throughout the world.

Curator in the National Museum: Widar Halén

For more information please visit: National Museum for Art. Architecture and Design

 

Exhibitions Bergen. PER SPOOK – NORWEGIAN FASHION DESIGNER IN PARIS. The Bergen Art Museums. The Curated Object

Blanc Noir nr 4 from the Collection Under the Starry Sky, 1984/85

New York Miami from the Collection South Sea Island, 1979.

Typically, I don't live in the past. I let the past live in me. But because I think we all ought to think about living in anything with the name Per Spook I decided to add this exhibition now, even though it closed last August. Get spooked.

PER SPOOK – NORWEGIAN FASHION DESIGNER IN PARIS

Feb 23- Aug 31-2008

Per Spook, with his own fashion house in Paris, is Norway’s most talented fashion designer throughout history. The exhibition in Permanenten presents collections from his extraordinary career as a designer of haute couture.

Per Spook created clothing for women who would use them; not just to sell perfume. Despite this, he managed to win a place among the elite of Parisian fashion designers and was a three-time winner of the highest awards that are given to haute couture collections: The Golden Needle for Most Creative Collection in 1978 and the Golden Thimble for Best Collection in 1979 and 1993.

The exhibition focuses on the years during which Per Spook ran his own fashion house in Paris (1979-1995). In addition, a recreation of his studio has been made and original film shoots of his fashion shows in Paris will be shown.

For more information please visit: The Art Museums of Bergen

By: Kari Skarprud Pettersen
Posted by Joanne Molina

Exhibitions Oslo. Grete Prytz Kittelsen. Enamel and Design. The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo. The Curated Object: International Decorative Arts Exhibitions

Grete Prytz Kittelsen. Enamel and Design
17.01.2008–01.09.2008

Grete Prytz Kittelsen (1917-) has been called the Queen of Scandinavian Design, and today she is counted among the Nordic designers who have achieved international acclaim. With her hundreds of innovative designs for silver and enamel objects as well as jewellery, Grete Prytz Kittelsen has contributed to put Norwegian design on the world map, and she has been awarded numerous prestigious design prizes, such as the Lunning Prize, and Grand Prix in the Milan Triennial exhibition in 1954.

For more information please visit: The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
-Joanne Molina

Exhibitions Oslo. Design and Craft 1905-2005. The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo. The Curated Object: International Decorative Arts Exhibitions

Design and Craft 1905-2005
12.03.2007–12.03.2010

The exhibition centres on a main theme, the development of Modernism. This is viewed in the context of topics such as form, function and ideology. Our aim is to demonstrate that Modernism can be approached from several angles. It is a matter of not one but multiple narratives, and Modernism incorporates several syles: Art

For more information please visit: The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
-Joanne Molina