Marianne Heske: The Gjerdeløa Project

Imagine you are up at Øyen, a mountain farm in Tafjord, 500 metres above sea level. Up there in the majestic landscape stands a tiny hay barn built in 1630. Carved into the timbers are names, initials, figures and dates that witness the passing of the centuries. Next, imagine yourself at the renowned Centre Pompidou in Paris, two weeks later. The exhibition halls are bustling with people, and there – right in their midst – stands the same log hut, now as a work of art. How did this happen?

The answer can be found in this exhibition, which presents one of Norway’s foremost artists, Marianne Heske. Through images from 1980–1981 that document the realisation of the Gjerdeløa artwork, Heske takes us on a journey between nature and art.

Read more about The Gjerdeløa Project here.

Marianne Heske (b. 1946, Ålesund) is one of Norway’s best known artists. Now living in Oslo, she studied at the National College of Art and Design, Bergen (1967–71), the École Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (1971–75), the Royal College of Art, London (1975–76), and the Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (1976–79).