In Kristiansand, Norway, Jorma Hautala and Matti Kujasalo are featured in Kunstsilo’s collection exhibition Passions of the North. Kunstsilo museum is a newly opened, former grain silo that houses the Tangen Collection, comprising over 5,000 works amassed over 25 years by Nicolai Tangen. The collection is said to be the largest and most important collection of Nordic modernist art from the period 1910-1990. Now, over 600 works from the collection are showcased, taking the viewer on a journey through Nordic art of the 20th century. The exhibition is curated by Åsmund Thorkildsen.
“It’s hard to pinpoint why, but I like the universal abstract language in Concrete Art. It doesn’t tell you what you are looking at, or are meant to understand, but instead challenges you to think and feel.” – Nicolai Tangen
Image: Matti Kujasalo, Untitled (1989). Tangen Collection.
