.pomo gallery to open up in trondheim, norway Position on 15 February 2025, PoMo is actually a new gallery in Trondheim, Norway, that are going to take international modern-day and also contemporary craft to the coastal area via a permanent collection and also a progressing plan of brief exhibitions. Her first gallery task, engineer and also developer India Mahdavi are going to thoughfully transform Trondheim’s Craft Nouveau Post Office building right into a 4,000 square meters brand-new landmark over 5 floors, in partnership with Norwegian architect Erik Langdalen. PoMo is going to open along with a team show labelled ‘Postcards from the Future’, functioning February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.
The gallery is going to display its own compilation via irreversible displays and also 2 large-scale annual exhibits, featuring solo discussions and thematic questionnaires. Attendee conservators are going to collaborate along with PoMo’s group to carry new point of views, and also a worldwide loan plan will definitely foster cooperation. Activities and speaks will certainly contextualize the exhibitions, and also an education course will certainly interact youngsters, young people, and adults, along with partnerships planned along with study organizations and also universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hr, 2003.
PoMo selection, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|photo by Terje Trobe a collaboration in between india mahdvai as well as erik Langdalen Paris-based designer and also developer India Mahdavi is embarking on her first museum project with the progression and makeover process of PoMo. Tasked with creating a goal for the museum in collaboration along with engineer Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has applied her trademark strategy to improve the famous structure, built in 1911, right into a present-day area. PoMo will definitely consist of 3 storeys of exhibition galleries, to house both temporary shows and also permanent compilation displays a fluid as well as accepting entry room designed to malfunction obstacles in between road, museum and art work versatile basement areas dedicated to events and also education and learning a public library as well as investigation area in the eaves of the building and also a reception room and office space on the attic.
Attracting motivation coming from Trondheim’s cityscape and background, in addition to Norwegian folk fine art as well as workmanship, as well as the heritage of the aged postal service property, India Mahdavi has actually created a dynamic and also cheerful restoration that celebrates in-between regions as long as show areas: bold, colorful seconds will definitely stress PoMo coming from the basement to the fourth flooring, frequently triggered by artworks from the irreversible compilation. ‘I desired this gallery to experience welcoming and also inclusive, engaging both the regional area as well as the global fine art group. It’s about reconnecting the neighborhood neighborhood along with the urban area facility and their very own past history, while all at once supplying a fresh adventure that invites the world.’ sample u00a9 India Mahdavi Known for his thoughtful restoration as well as preservation tasks, Erik Langdalen’s concept for PoMo will certainly allow record to communicate, whilst concentrating on the future.
Sustainability is at the center of Langdalen’s method, concentrating on the rehab as well as re-use of famous and also pre-existing buildings so as to decrease garden greenhouse fuel discharges, develop historical anchoring and boost social dedication. ‘When our experts were participated in 2021, I instantly recognized what possibility the old main postal service possessed as the setup for a brand-new eager art museum like PoMo. The job of interweaving the distinguishing Fine art Nouveau architecture alongside new construction as well as brand-new technological remedies has actually been actually incredibly professionally interesting, and also has led to a lot of special spaces for potential fine art adventures.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will launch along with Mails from the Future, a group show featuring roughly 100 works by 24 global artists from its brand-new irreversible selection as well as significant global loans.
Covering all three event floors, the show draws creativity coming from the property’s record as Trondheim’s former main General post office, utilizing the mail as a particular analogy. Like art work, postcards function as vessels for social and personal narration. The exhibition is going to feature items from the PoMo Assortment together with distinctive jobs by artists including Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, and also Monira Al Qadiri.
The PoMo Compilation, launched by Monica as well as Ole Robert Reitan and also featuring art work coming from REITAN’s selection, concentrates on range, creativity, and also global depiction. To deal with sex inequality in gallery assortments, a minimum of 60% of its own acquisitions are actually committed to women musicians. The compilation includes works by artists including Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, as well as Sol LeWitt.
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