Sven Påhlsson, still from Running High, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONSTRUCTED SITE April 6‒29, 2012

Opening Reception: Friday, April 6, 6-8pm

New York, NY, February 29, 2012 .NO, a nonprofit gallery on the Lower East Side dedicated to promoting

art from elsewhere, is proud to present three recognized Norwegian artists in Constructed Site, a show curated

by Nils Olav Bøe.

CONSTRUCTED SITE

The exhibition title refers to the artists’ working method as well as their subject matter. Using both computer

simulation and old-school 3D models, they build common scenarios that are subsequently depicted in various art

forms: photo, video, sculpture, animation and painting. Hence, what the spectator believes to be ordinary, everyday

situations are, in fact, constructed realities.

Sven Påhlsson creates animations that are simultaneously alienating and hauntingly seductive. In a glowing review

of a 2002 show at ICA Boston, NYT's Holland Cotter pronounced his work one of the highlights: ''a hallucinatory,

digitally generated trip through nocturnal suburbs, past fortresslike malls and housing developments that resemble

colossal power plants, all viewed as if by alien surveillance. It's a threatening, bad-dream vision of American 1950's

optimism”. Påhlsson’s current project in progress, Running High, is created with 3D-animation technology. Two years

in the making, this complex and rich virtual world is built up of thousands of 3D models with advanced lighting

setups emulating real-world illumination. The end result will be presented as a six-screen synchronized multi-

projection video. In this exhibit at .NO, Påhlsson will show five stills accompanied by a video scored by Erik Wøllo.

Daniel Østvold works with a different kind of 3D modeling: like the old renaissance masters, he manually builds

replicas of reality in order to paint them. In a recent interview in the art magazine Kunst, Østvold talks about his

interest in the classical myths: Why are they necessary? Why do we seek to escape reality?

Nils Olav Bøe captures his staged sets on video and in photographs. Entitled Sunrise, his contribution to the show

consists of black and white still images and projections of landscapes and urban high rises that will leave the

audience pondering.

THE ARTISTS

Nils Olav Bøe has shown extensively in Europe, including in St. Petersburg, Salzburg, Copenhagen and Berlin. His

work is represented in several Norwegian collections, including The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Statoil

ASA, and Art Council Norway. Sven Påhlsson has exhibited worldwide, most notably at the Armory Show in NYC;

Art Basel, Switzerland and the World Exhibition in Shanghai. Påhlsson’s work is included in numerous public and

private collections, such as the Stokel Collection, USA; the Loushy Collection, Israel and The Astrup Fearnly Museum

of Contemporary Art, Norway. Daniel Østvold is a self-thought artist who works with painting and sculpture. He has

participated five times in Høstutstillingen, the Norwegian government-sponsored fall salon show, and was nominated

for the Carnegie Art Award in 2009. His works have been acquired by Art Council Norway, The City of Oslo, The City

of Trondheim and The City of Hameln, Germany.

.NO is located at 251 East Houston Street, btw. Norfolk and Suffolk Strs. The closest subway stop is Second Avenue–Lower East Side on the F-train. Gallery hours are Tue- Fri 12-6 pm, and Sat-Sun1–6 pm. Press viewings can be arranged prior to the exhibitions. For more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact the gallery manager at (646) 431-2663 or mail@no-in-nyc.org

Daniel Østvold, Pegasus, Stone, Woman. Papier maché, 2012