Oslo Kunstforening is pleased to present our next exhibition opening August 21 from 18–20. The autumn season opens with The Sign of Four, a solo exhibition by Marius Engh.

In the exhibition, realised following a research residency in Athens, Engh examines the relationship between sculpture and landscape, with particular focus on the pedestal and the portrait bust’s origin in the so-called herm sculpture. A herm is an abstract sculptural form based on the god Hermes from ancient Greece. Hermes' role as protector of travelers and commerce was first materialized as a cairn, and later as a rectangular pillar topped with a portrait bust.

The exhibition explores the connections between ancient deity worship and the monumental, as well as the relationship between abstract sculpture and the pedestal’s role as both bearer and symbol.