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Kunstnerforbundet

Pleasure and Use

Elisa Helland-Hansen
  • Closed

«Useful things move me, especially those that are handled daily. Cooking and shared meals also spark ideas in my studio practice. I aim for multiple qualities in one object: a color that excites, a shape that entices, a weight that stimulates, a surface that invites, a volume that is enough, a detail that you want to remember.»

In Elisa Helland-Hansen’s 50-year practice, the social, cultural, and aesthetic values of the meal have been closely tied to her approach to ceramics. In 2012, she moved from Bergen to rural surroundings outside Rosendal in the Hard­anger­fjord, where she established a works­hop. Her encounter with the Western Norwe­gian nature and its abundant array of food resources became a life choice that nourished her artistic investi­ga­tions. Through­out her career, she has consis­tently explored the principles of func­tionality and how making pottery best expresses itself in the relation­ship between food, drink, and vessel.

Kunstnerforbundet

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Opening hours

  1. MondayClosed
  2. Tuesday - Friday11:00 - 17:00
  3. Saturday12:00 - 16:00
  4. Sunday12:00 - 16:00

Contact details

Kjeld Stubs gate 3, 0160 Oslo
23 31 02 40

Accessibility

Accessible elevator
Guidedogs are welcome
Accessible parking near the entrance
Accessible restroom
Seating is available in the exhibition(s)
Wheelchairs
Step-free access to the entrance
Step-free access to the exhibition(s)
Ramps available for manual wheelchairs
Ramps available for electric wheelchairs
Tours
Customized tours upon request
Guided tour with hearing loops
The entrance to Kunstnerforbundet's gallery has stairs from street level, although we can help with wheel chairs, prams and strollers or other up the stairs. The gallery is over two floors, connected only with a staircase. The entrance to Atelier Kunstnerforbundet is on street level, but the studios and the Loft space on 3rd and 4th floor are only available by a staircase.