Artist of the day, November 2: Rune Guneriussen, Norwegian artist, installation, photographer

Rune Guneriussen (1977) is a Norwegian artist working in the transition between installation and photography. As a conceptual artist he works site specific primarily in nature, but also with more manmade structures.

“I would like to say that I am inspired by the objects I am working on, the place or location I am working at, and the specific time everything is made in. My imagination can just as easily be inspired by global events and politics as it can be inspired by looking at a bird flying across the sky". The isolation of objects are turned in to installations, most of these are not seen by audience, but only photographed.

The work on objects such as tables, lamps and chairs started in 2005, and has been photographed on location all over Norway. The objects are implemented mainly in scenes cast in appropriate landscapes, and here they are subject to a certain character carefully laying out a story. It is an approach to the balance between nature and culture, but also a multiple reading of stories. On the contrary to many believes the work is made solely on site, and the photographs represents the reality of the installation itself.

The photographs has been exhibited in House of Photography in Oslo, at Manifesta in Maastricht, at the Paris Photo and more. His works also includes live installations open for an audience. Most lately this happened for the Nuit Blanche 2009 in Paris with the installation “Don´t leave the lights on”, but also with “An electric field” as his most extensive project done in Norway.

Guneriussen believes strongly that art itself should be questioning and bewildering as opposed to patronising and restricting. As opposed to the current fashion he does not want to dictate a way to the understanding of his art, but rather indicate a path to understanding a story.

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Mr Rune Guneriussen

2005, Evolution

2005, Evolution

2005, Evolution

2006, Connections

2006, Connections

2006, Connections

2006, Twenty four seven # 21

2008, Connections # 05

2008, One can rely on the prudence of his decisions

2008, One can rely on the prudence of his decisions

2008, Tables in the cradle

2008, Wink (on the brink)

2009, A charged meadow # 02

2009, Abnormal growth of gluttony

2009, Basic Object Oriented Knowledge Systems

2009, It´s common knowledge

2010, A multiverse explanation

2009, Unprepared winter scenario

2010, An upward displacement

2010, Imposer of shifts

2010, Originates from the outside

2010, Pursuing elevated growth

2011, Capacity to breed and recover

2011, En lampe på bordet brenner

2011, Growth, decay and resurrection

2011, Statistics of progression

2012, A grid of physical entities

2012, An erection of self contempt

2012, Fake state of interdependence

2012, Revisit the revolution

2012, Second system of ethics

2013, A 15-minute title

2013, A finalized independent time

2013, A plague on my stem

2013, Accurate elliptical discourse

2013, Acknowledge a new found grace

2013, Aftermath of habitual argument

2013, Globe clustered confluence

2013, Hvitt er jeg som alt det hvite

2013, Ravnen skriker over lavlandet

2013, Stencils of spatial spaces

2013, The beauty of the elderly

2013, The heirs motivational speech

2014, Additional start endure closure

2014, Amassment of crumbling

2014, Amidst a fortunate overpass

2014, Created by mindful production

2014, Extension of ineffective structures

2014, Natural rural displacement

2014, Protest art on separation

2014, Unintended consequences of us

2017, Conclusive vastness to pass

2017, Escalating climacteric expansion

2017, Liberal version of present system

2017, Pulsate on a pivotal line