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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Neverending Story Kari Steihaug and Tina Jonsbu @ NOoSPHERE Arts in NYC, Nov 30Dec 30, 2012 Opening Reception: Fri Nov 30, 68pm New York, NY, Oct 19: NOoSPHERE Arts, an artistrun, nonprofit exhibition and performance venue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, is proud to present Neverending Story featuring visual artists Kari Steihaug and Tina Jonsbu. Neverending Story is conceived as a second chapter to Kari Steihaug’s and Tina Jonsbu’s twoperson show at the Trøndelag Center for Contemporary Art in Trondheim, Norway, in 2006. Meditative and unobtrusive, the works of both artists embody the concept of “the time it takes” to manufacture an object; the intention being to create processoriented, thoughtprovoking pieces that also have an aesthetic dimension. Though markedly different visually, these two bodies of work share a similar pulse and rhythm. “The abstract forms of Jonsbu’s pencil drawings communicate visually with Steihaug’s strands of wool. Ironically, Jonsbu’s ornamental experiments on paper are reminiscent of knitting patterns, while Steihaug’s works – in yarn – never elicit such associations” Henning Mortensen, Art Critic. Dialogue with the exhibition space is crucial to their artistic process – to make use of the room’s energy and to investigate opportunities for interaction and correspondences between the space and their respective pieces. Steihaug and Jonsbu create work that is flexible in format and size: books, installations and drawings, both large and small. Playful and organic in essence, their combined vision makes for a dynamic and changeable whole. The exhibit will feature Steihaug ’s mixedmedia installation After the Market (Unraveling wool clothes / knitted image after the painting The Gleaners (1857) by JeanFrançois Millet, please see detail above to left). This multilayered piece charged with arthistorical references won the FineArt Award at the Annual State Exhibition in Oslo in 2011 and will travel to the Haugar Art Museum in Tønsberg, Norway, after its appearance in NYC. PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Tina Jonsbu (Norway) graduated from the National College of Art & Design in Bergen and lives and works in Oslo. Her work has been exhibited widely in the artist’s native country, and she has won commissions for public artworks in Trondheim and Mysen. Among other public collections her works have been purchased by Public Art Norway for the Norwegian Ambassador’s residence in Copenhagen. Jonsbu has received numerous grants, including the coveted Norwegian Government’s Artist Grant in 2010. www.tinajonsbu.no Kari Steihaug (Norway) studied at the National College of Art & Design, Oslo and Bergen, and Manchester Metropolitan University. She lives and works in Oslo and Gothenburg, where she serves as an Adj. Professor in Textile Art at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her work has been selected no less than three times for the Annual State Exhibition in Norway and is represented in the collections of Arts Council Norway, the National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Oslo, and the West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, to name a few. Steihaug has exhibited at some of the most prestigious art institutions in Norway, including Henie Onstad Art Center, where she had a solo show in 2005. www.karisteihaug.no NOoSPHERE Arts is located at 251 East Houston Street, between Norfolk & Suffolk Streets. The closest subway stop Second Avenue – Lower East Side on the Ftrain. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday 12– 6pm. Press viewings can be arranged prior to the exhibitions. For more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact the gallery manager at (646) 3898229 or mail@noinnyc.org

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Neverending Story is conceived as a second chapter to Kari Steihaug’s and Tina Jonsbu’s two‐person show at the Trøndelag Center for Contemporary Art in Trondheim, Norway, in 2006. Meditative and unobtrusive, the works of both artists embody the concept of “the time it takes” to manufacture an object; the intention being to create processoriented, thought‐provoking pieces that also have an aesthetic dimension. Though markedly different visually, these two bodies of work share a similar pulse and rhythm.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  

 

Neverending Story Kari Steihaug and Tina Jonsbu @  NOoSPHERE Arts in NYC, Nov 30‐Dec 30, 2012 

 Opening Reception: Fri Nov 30, 6‐8pm 

 

 

New York, NY, Oct 19: NOoSPHERE Arts, an artist‐run, nonprofit exhibition and performance venue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, is proud to present Neverending Story featuring visual artists Kari Steihaug and Tina Jonsbu.   

Neverending Story is conceived as a second chapter to Kari Steihaug’s and Tina Jonsbu’s two‐person show at the Trøndelag Center for Contemporary Art in Trondheim, Norway, in 2006. Meditative and unobtrusive, the works of both artists embody the concept of “the time it takes” to manufacture an object; the intention being to create process‐oriented, thought‐provoking pieces that also have an aesthetic dimension.  Though markedly different visually, these two bodies of work share a similar pulse and rhythm.   

“The abstract forms of Jonsbu’s pencil drawings communicate visually with Steihaug’s strands of wool. Ironically, Jonsbu’s ornamental experiments on paper are reminiscent of knitting patterns, while Steihaug’s works – in yarn – never elicit such associations” Henning Mortensen, Art Critic.   

Dialogue with the exhibition space is crucial to their artistic process – to make use of the room’s energy and to investigate opportunities for interaction and correspondences between the space and their respective pieces. Steihaug and Jonsbu create work that is flexible in format and size: books, installations and drawings, both large and small. Playful and organic in essence, their combined vision makes for a dynamic and changeable whole.   

The exhibit will feature Steihaug ’s mixed‐media installation After the Market (Unraveling wool clothes / knitted image after the painting The Gleaners (1857) by Jean‐François Millet, please see detail above to left). This multi‐layered piece charged with art‐historical references won the FineArt Award at the Annual State Exhibition in Oslo in 2011 and will travel to the Haugar Art Museum in Tønsberg, Norway, after its appearance in NYC.   

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:  Tina Jonsbu (Norway) graduated from the National College of Art & Design in Bergen and lives and works in Oslo. Her work has been exhibited widely in the artist’s native country, and she has won commissions for public artworks in Trondheim and Mysen. Among other public collections her works have been purchased by Public Art Norway for the Norwegian Ambassador’s residence in Copenhagen. Jonsbu has received numerous grants, including the coveted Norwegian Government’s Artist Grant in 2010.  www.tinajonsbu.no  

Kari Steihaug (Norway) studied at the National College of Art & Design, Oslo and Bergen, and Manchester Metropolitan University. She lives and works in Oslo and Gothenburg, where she serves as an Adj. Professor in Textile Art at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her work has been selected no less than three times for the Annual State Exhibition in Norway and is represented in the collections of Arts Council Norway, the National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Oslo, and the West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, to name a few. Steihaug has exhibited at some of the most prestigious art institutions in Norway, including Henie Onstad Art Center, where she had a solo show in 2005.  www.karisteihaug.no       

NOoSPHERE Arts is located at 251 East Houston Street, between Norfolk & Suffolk Streets.  The closest subway stop Second Avenue – Lower East Side on the F‐train. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday 12– 6pm. Press viewings can be arranged prior to the exhibitions. For more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact the gallery manager at (646) 389‐8229 or mail@no‐in‐nyc.org