What is the lifespan of an artwork, and what traces do artworks leave behind? Join Curator Joe Rowley for a tour of our exhibition Acid Prints, a striking collection of "ghost images" discovered in Trondheim, Norway. Artists didn't create these spectral impressions; they formed naturally when framed artists’ prints slowly transferred onto their backing materials after years of hanging in local homes.
Stig Gjerstadli at the frame Shop RAMM noticed these mysterious transfers when reframing old pictures, and started collecting them. Like photographic negatives, these "ghosts" appeared as inverted versions of their source artists’ prints and provide a time capsule, recording decades of environmental conditions through their unique chemical imprints. In this way, these unplanned transfers have become artifacts in their own right, born from a conversation between art and its host environment over time.
Ghost images include impressions transferred from original artworks (possibly) by: Håkon Bleken, Odd Harrong, Ramon Isern, Per Kleiva, Ilse Claesson, and Axel Salto.
LANGUAGE: English
WHEN: Saturday, May 10th, 12.00 pm–1.00 pm, free entry
ACCESSIBILITY: Kunsthall Trondheim has a stair-free entrance from street level, is wheelchair accessible and has a lift. Public disability parking is available right outside our entrance. Upon arrival, you will be greeted by our host at the reception.
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“Acid Prints” is curated by Adam Kleinman and Joe Rowley.