This volume, which constitutes the catalogue of the exhibition of the Norwegian artist held at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía from 18 September 2003 to 16 February 2004, presents not only images of the installation at the Palacio de Cristal but a vast excursus on the artist’s work, through photographs of works and texts by various authors. Among them are Giulietta Speranza, Mariano Navarro and Frédéric Bonnet.
Born in 1955, he lives and works between Turin and Oslo.
In 1990 he participated in the Nordic Pavilion at the XLIV Venice Biennale. His works have been exhibited in prestigious national and international museums, including: Henie-Onstad Art Centre in Oslo Museet for Samtidskunst in Oslo, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, CAC Málaga Centro De Arte Contemporáneo in Málaga.
Among his most recent exhibitions, in 2014 he took part in the second edition of 'Icastica', in Arezzo, creating an oil installation in the Church of San Domenico, under the Cimabue crucifix. In the same year, he exhibited in São Paulo, Brazil, in 'Made by Brazilians...Creative Invasion'. In 2015, he was invited to participate in 'L'albero della cuccagna', an event conceived by Achille Bonito Oliva, creating an oil chamber at Ca' Pesaro, Venice. In 2017, he presented one of his large installations at the opening of the Centre de Création Contemporaine Olivier Debré in Tours, France. In 2018 he participated in Manifesta 12, Palermo, with an oil room at the Cavallerizza of Palazzo Mazzarino, and in 2019 he created an oil room at the Carpintarias de São Lázaro, Lisbon.