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Linda Lamignan «If you go to the river» opens 26 October at Galleri F 15 in Moss
Galleri 15 is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Linda Lamignan, gathering works from 2021 to the present.
Through video, painting, sound and performance, Lamignan explores themes such as storytelling, transformation and love.
The exhibition speaks of the value system that views living landscapes merely as economic resources. It also offers an opportunity to understand living landscapes as places where the passage of time unfolds and sources of wisdom, spirit, memory, and love flow.
Lamignan’s family roots trace back to two very different yet deeply connected places: the rivers of Delta State in Nigeria and the islands of Boknafjord in Norway. These landscapes, once defined by their waters, have been profoundly impacted by the discovery of crude oil, shaping their political, historical, and environmental narratives.
With an animistic approach – the belief that everything is alive, interconnected, and has a soul – Lamignan uses materials that are connected to the living landscapes, histories and ancestral relations to West Africa and Scandinavia.
In this exhibition, Lamignan invites us to reflect on what it means to float between different worlds.
Curator: Maria C. Havstam.
The exhibition is supported by Arts Council Norway.
MEDIA ENQUIRES
Press viewings are possible from Friday 25 October.
Contact Press and Communications Officer Ann Kristin Traaen, for scheduling of press viewing, interview requests and additional information: akt@gallerif15.no, mob. +47 938 19 216.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Linda Lamignan (born 1988 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian visual and performance artist currently living and working in Copenhagen.
Lamignan holds a BFA from the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts (2013) and an MFA from The Danish Art Academy of Fine Arts (2019). Lamignan has earned recognition with solo exhibitions in Copenhagen, Canada and Norway. In 2023, Lamignan was granted the Norwegian Savings Bank Foundation scholarship, a recognition of exceptional talent.
OFFICIAL OPENING
Linda Lamignan If you go to the river opens Saturday 26 October at Galleri F 15.
The official opening takes place at 2 pm in Alby Kafé, with an opening speech by the mayor of Moss, Simen Nord, continuing with a sound performance by Nova Varnrable in the exhibition and a DJ set by David Lamignan.
There is a free bus from Oslo at 12:30. Register here.
The gallery is open 11:00-17:00.
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Galleri F 15 was established 1966 and is one of Norway's oldest and most prestigious exhibition venues for Norwegian and Nordic contemporary art. Galleri F 15 presents The MOMENTUM BIENNALE (est. 1998), one of the most long-standing and important arenas for contemporary art in the Nordics, as well as the exhibition series Tendencies, which has presented Nordic craft since 1971.
CONTACT
kontakt@gallerif15.no | tlf: 69 27 10 33
POSTAL ADDRESS
Galleri F 15
Postboks 1033 Jeløy, N-1510
Moss
