EXHIBITIONS DIG IT
With DIG IT we have created an exhibition situation, more than an exhibition, which for the first time shows a number of little recognized works by artists with different social, political and ideological attitudes to and reasons for their artistic practices.
As a constellation of informal points of references these works create an iconographic geography, in which the individual works have been important, sometimes crucial, influences and catalysts for contemporary artists. As such, they are the foundation of contemporary art practice.
DIG IT describes how artistic methods and strategies are influenced by art, both a as phenomena within the social space, and through its presence in the studio practice. DIG IT is a set of particular key- works we have identified as an important intellectual heritage.
We provide a retrospective perspective, as well as a close reading of how contemporary artists relate to other artist’s works. DIG IT is an investigation in which is it possible to take part and observe a series of historical works to try to understand the presence.
Po Hagström, Ellen Karolina Jakobsson Strømsø, Mikael Lundberg, Tova Mozard, Ylva Ogland, Sveinung Rudjord Unneland and Anders Widoff have kindly lent us works. DIG IT is curated by Linus Elmes and Anne Szefer Karlsen/Petra Rahm.
