Torbjørn Rødland: Oh My God You Guys, Consortium Museum
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Torbjørn rødland
OH MY GOD YOU GUYSoctober 27, 2023 – march 31, 2024
Consortium Museum, Dijon, FR
The two photographs that open and close Torbjørn Rødland’s exhibition at the Consortium Museum represent a baby and an old man, respectively. The exhibition is designed as a journey leading from one to the other, namely from childhood to old age. It is therefore a highly narrative project, and for Rødland, an unusual approach to the concept of exhibition.
The exhibition highlights Rødland’s photographs in which two contradictory characters are featured. The artist often employs this type of “disruptive casting” to emphasize the oddness in the photographed scenes. The "scenario" created by the curator for this exhibition – titled "Oh My God You Guys" as agreed with the artist – takes the viewers on a journey from the dawn to the dusk of life, exploring sophisticated and troubled human relationships.
"Oh My God You Guys" unfolds across eight different rooms, with each featuring increasingly older characters – starting with the baby and progressing through children, teenagers, adults, and ultimately the elderly – and producing a large fresco reminiscent of Edward Steichen’s 1955 landmark exhibition "Family of Man" at MoMA.
— Éric Troncy
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Installation views
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Artist Biography
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Photo: Emma Jenkinson
