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Seminar: NORDIC INTERIORS. Spaces of Indeterminacy in Late Nineteenth-Century Painting

At this seminar art historical researchers from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden will cast new perspectives on Nordic interior paintings from the end of the nineteenth century. The seminar is organised by the Centre for Nineteenth-Studies at Aarhus University and Brandts - Museum of Art & Visual Culture in Odense.

Info about event

Time

Friday 30 August 2019,  at 09:00 - 16:00

Location

Brandts – Museum of Art & Visual Culture, Brandts Torv 1, 5000 Odense C - DK (enter through the main entrance at Amfipladsen)

Organizer

Ellen Egemose: ellen.egemose@cc.au.dk
Christian Krohg, "Braiding her Hair". Probably 1888. Nasjonalmuseet, The Fine Arts Collections. Photo: Nasjonalmuseet / Jacques Lathion

See entire invitation here

Program

Each presentation is followed by a short discussion

9:00-9:30: REGISTRATION WITH COFFEE AND CROISSANTS

9:30-9:45: Welcome
- Welcome by Mads Damsbo, director, Brandts
- Practical information by Ellen Egemose, organiser, Brandts and Aarhus University
- Introduction by Jacob Wamberg, professor, Aarhus University

9:45-10.20: Is there such a Thing as a Nordic Interior Painting?
- Nils Ohlsen, director, Lillehammer Art Museum

10:20-10:35: COMFORT BREAK

10:35-11:10: On Vilhelm Hammershøi, Photography and Artistic Processes
- Gertrud Oelsner, director, The Hirschsprung Collection

11:10-11:45 The Silence of the Surface. On Hammershøi’s Interiors
- Bente Larsen, professor, University of Oslo

11:45-12:45 LUNCH BREAK (THE EXHIBITIONS ARE OPEN ALL DAY UNTIL 9:00 PM)

12:45-13:20 Walls of Ambiguity in Late Nineteenth-Century Nordic Painting
- Ellen Egemose , PhD-fellow, Aarhus University and curator, Brandts

13:20-13:55 Thoughts from Below. Carl Larsson and the Carpet
- Martin Sundberg, curator, Norrköpings Konstmuseum

14:00-14:30 BREAK AND REFRESHMENTS

14:30-15:05 Christian Krohg’s Studio Interiors
- Øystein Sjåstad, associate professor, University of Oslo

15:05-15:40 Queer Liminality in Kristian Zahrtmann’s Interiors
- Rasmus Kjærboe, postdoc, Aarhus University and curator, Ribe Art Museum

15:40-16:00 Wrap-up
- Jacob Wamberg, professor, Aarhus University