Preus Museum 12 September 2009 - 3 January 2010
Seminar 11 September at the Freedom of Expression Foundation, Oslo, in collaboration with the National Academy of Fine Art

Curators: Jonas Ekeberg and Elisabeth Byre

Preus museum presents an exhibition that explores the reciprocal influences between photography and non-object-based art forms. The exhibition "Lessons in the Art of Falling – Photographs of Norwegian Performance and Process Art 1966–2009" will present the history of these art forms as mediated in photography.

Writing in 1989, Craig Owens framed an approach...

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Photography Day 2009 takes place for the third time and celebrates the year of cultural heritage by focusing on family photography, highlighted by the main exhibition and four talks on the subject.

Family- and snapshot photographs represent some of our most important cultural memories. Everyday we produce thousands of family- and vernacular photographs. The production of our own storytelling has existed since the childhood of photography, but it is not until recently that researchers, artists and museums have shown interest in this material.

The event is packed with outdoor exhibitions, competitions, a second ...

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The history of photography has been written with an emphasis primarily on male photographers. But from as early as the 19th century, photography was regarded as an important profession for women, and women photographers have made major contributions to the history of the discipline. This exhibition turns a spotlight on eight women photographers who figure in the Preus Museum collection, representing a total time span of 140 years.

Women are also in the minority in the Preus Museum collection. During the process of digitalising the collection, it was possible to establish that they make up just 10.7 percent of the total numbe...

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