.pomo gallery to open up in trondheim, norway Position on 15 February 2025, PoMo is actually a brand new museum in Trondheim, Norway, that will definitely bring global modern-day and contemporary fine art to the seaside metropolitan area by means of a long-lasting selection and an evolving course of short-term shows. Her initial gallery project, architect as well as designer India Mahdavi are going to thoughfully completely transform Trondheim’s Fine art Nouveau General post office creating into a 4,000 square meters new landmark over five floorings, in collaboration with Norwegian designer Erik Langdalen. PoMo will definitely open up along with a team event titled ‘Postcards coming from the Future’, functioning February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.
The gallery will definitely showcase its assortment via long-term screens and also pair of large yearly events, featuring solo presentations as well as particular polls. Visitor curators will certainly collaborate along with PoMo’s team to deliver fresh viewpoints, and also a global lending course will certainly bring up partnership. Occasions and also talks will definitely contextualize the shows, and an education and learning course are going to engage children, youth, as well as grownups, with collaborations considered along with analysis institutions and universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hr, 2003.
PoMo assortment, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|graphic by Terje Trobe a collaboration in between india mahdvai and erik Langdalen Paris-based architect as well as designer India Mahdavi is plunging into her 1st museum venture along with the growth and also renovation procedure of PoMo. Charged along with establishing an outlook for the museum in partnership with architect Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has administered her signature method to change the famous structure, installed 1911, right into a present-day space. PoMo is going to include three storeys of show exhibits, to house both temporary exhibits as well as long-term compilation shows a liquid as well as inviting entry area designed to malfunction barriers in between street, gallery as well as artworks pliable basement spaces committed to occasions and also learning a collection and analysis space in the eaves of the structure and a reception space as well as workplace on the attic.
Pulling ideas coming from Trondheim’s cityscape and past, along with Norwegian folk fine art and also craftsmanship, and the tradition of the old postal service building, India Mahdavi has made a lively and joyous restoration that commemorates in-between areas as much as exhibition spaces: strong, multicolored seconds are going to stress PoMo from the basement to the fourth floor, commonly triggered by art work from the permanent selection. ‘I wanted this museum to really feel welcoming and also broad, interacting both the local area community and the international fine art group. It concerns reconnecting the regional neighborhood with the area centre as well as their very own past history, while at the same time giving a fresh knowledge that welcomes the world.’ example u00a9 India Mahdavi Understood for his thoughtful repair as well as conservation projects, Erik Langdalen’s layout for PoMo will certainly enable history to speak, whilst paying attention to the future.
Durability is at the forefront of Langdalen’s technique, focusing on the rehabilitation and also re-use of historic and also pre-existing structures to lower greenhouse gas emissions, develop historical anchoring and also rise social dedication. ‘When our experts were participated in 2021, I quickly comprehended what potential the old primary post office possessed as the environment for a new determined craft gallery like PoMo. The work of weaving the distinguishing Craft Nouveau architecture together with brand-new architecture and also new technical answers has actually been actually very skillfully engaging, and also has caused a number of special rooms for future craft knowledge.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will certainly release along with Mails coming from the Future, a team exhibit featuring about 100 works through 24 worldwide artists coming from its own brand-new long-term compilation and also considerable international financings.
Stretching over all three exhibit floors, the program draws motivation coming from the structure’s past history as Trondheim’s previous main Postal service, using the mail as a particular analogy. Like artworks, postcards work as ships for social and private storytelling. The show will certainly feature pieces from the PoMo Assortment along with remarkable works through performers like Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, and Monira Al Qadiri.
The PoMo Compilation, triggered by Monica and Ole Robert Reitan as well as including arts pieces from REITAN’s selection, focuses on diversity, originality, as well as worldwide representation. To deal with gender disparity in museum collections, at the very least 60% of its own accomplishments are devoted to girls performers. The compilation consists of jobs by performers like Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and Sol LeWitt.
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