Edvard Munch Horizons
Oslo
Location: Oslo
Client: MUNCH
Photographers: Ove Kvavik/The Munch Museum
This collection display gives a broad overview of some of the movements and tendencies which characterised European art in Edvard Munch’s lifetime. Munch’s art is shown alongside the work of many other artists to convey a picture of Munch as an artist very much in touch with his own time.
Satyricon & Munch
Oslo
Location: The Munch museum, Oslo, Norway
Year: 2022
Status: Built
Client: The Munch museum
Photo Credit: The Munch museum and Peter Geelmuyden Magnus
An exhibition presenting work by Norwegian black metal band Satyricon and Edvard Munch. The meeting between Satyricon’s commisioned composition and a selection of paintings and graphics by Munch resulted in a monumental and at the same time intimate experience that captured all senses.
Compassion in Action
Oslo
Location: Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, Norway
Year: 2022
Status: Built
Client: Nobel Peace Center
Photo Credit: Nobel Peace Center/ Johannes Granseth
An anniversary exhibition celebrating Fridtjof Nansen’s work leading up to him receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922. The exhibition focuses on Nansen’s humanitarian legacy by showing some of the recipients of the UNHCR Nansen Award.
Collection exhibitions at the new Munch museum
Oslo
Location: The Munch museum, Oslo, Norway
Year: 2021
Status: Built
Client: The Munch museum
Photo Credit: The Munch museum/ Einar Aslaksen and Manthey Kula
In the new Munch museum by estudio Herreros there are four collection exhibitions designed by Manthey Kula:
Edvard Munch : Infinite is a large exhibition showing paintings, print-works, drawings and bronze sculptures by Munch. The open plan emphasizes the non-linear presentation of the art works.
Edvard Munch : Monumental shows some of Munch’s monumental paintings including sketches and a draft for a sculpture.
Up Close is an intimate exhibition showing a selection of Munch’s print-works and printing blocks.
Edvard Munch : Stenersen shows works from the collection of Rolf Stenersen, a contemporary art collector and friend of Edvard Munch.
The exhibition halls have two to four entrances and no daylight. Manthey Kula is responsible for the spatial layout of the exhibitions, design of walls, colors, display cases and safety measures.
Zenisk as is responsible for the lighting design. Blæst Design as is responsible for the graphic design.
Looking Through Portals
Oslo
Location: Museum of Cultural History
Year: 2018
Status: Built
Client: Museum of Cultural History
Photo Credit: manthey kula
With Eyes Closed - Gauguin and Munch
Oslo
Location: Munch museum, Oslo
Year: 2018
Status: Built
Client: The Munch museum
Photo Credit: The Munch museum/ Ove Kvavik
Exhibition of art by Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) and Edvard Munch (1863–1944), two artists who in all likelihood never met. Gauguin is said to have remarked that he closed his eyes in order to see, while Munch famously said: “I don’t paint what I see, but what I saw.” The exhibition focused on the graphic work of the two aritist, revolving around three main suites made by Gauguin, exhibited in three unique spaces.
Det Felles Eide
Oslo
Location: Kunstnernes Hus
Year: 2018
Status: Built
Client: Oslo Kommune
Photo Credit: Werner Zellien and manthey kula
Exhibition of a selection of Oslo municipalities’ art collection which consists of more than 20 000 works. This is art we all own, art we meet in the public space, art we relate to in our lives in the city.
Through Nature
Oslo
Location: The Munch museum, Oslo, Norway
Year: 2014
Status: Built
Client: The Munch museum
Photo Credit: manthey kula
The exhibition was a collaboration between the Museum of natural history and the Munch museum, contextualizing Edvard Munch’s interest in the natural sciences by juxtaposing Munch’s art with objects from the zoological, botanical and geological collections.
Puberty
Oslo
Location: The Munch museum, Oslo, Norway
Year: 2012
Status: Built
Client: Munch museum
Photo Credit: manthey kula
Mono exhibition of Edvard Munch’s newly restored painting Puberty at the Munch museum.
Prefabricated plywood panels and white flooring creating a space where the spectator is confronted with the vulnerability of both the young model and the painting.
