Akershus Kunstsenter
Drawing for Freedom
Jeannette Christensen, Terje Nicolaisen, Shwan Dler Qaradaki, Anne Marit Austbø, Linnea Vestre, Suzannah Rehell Øistad, Love Terins, Anna Sofie Mathiasen, Lykourgos Porfyris, Nasim Iranpour Mashak, Erle Saxegaard, Therese Frisk, Morten Jensen Vågen, Julia Alfe Bylund, Øyvor Hansen Engen, Elisabeth Samstad, Amanda Hårsmar, Hans Adell, Janne Maria Lysen, Kachun Lay, Aksel Octavius Noreen Hauklien, Anna Knappe , Heidi Klemetsen, Erla AudunsdottirThe act of drawing presupposes that you devote time to who or what you are drawing. It has been said that ‘drawing is seeing’. In this exhibition, it is political prisoners in Azerbaijan – people that the regime would rather not be seen or heard – who have been drawn. 20 students from Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo have portrayed these political prisoners in many ways. Thus the current situation in Azerbaijan is under scrutiny, and art’s political potential is explored.