Aslaug Magdalena Juliussen
ieš guhtenai sierranassii
hver og en av dem for seg
each and every one of them on their own
The Skylight Space
13.04.23—28.05.23

Textiles, fibres and animal skin are materials that evoke bodily experiences related to protection, cover, and safety. In this exhibition, Aslaug Magdalena Juliussen shows two new works from Várddus – Vy – View (2017–2023), a series in which the focal point is textiles and wood, with elements of animal materials. In two installations, textiles such as neckties and clothing fabrics are the subject of estran­ge­ment and trans­formation.

The Northern Sámi term várddus can be used for a place with a scenic view or that is visible from far away; while the Norwegian and English titles of the series also point to revelation and a notion of hope. Materiality is Juliussen's point of depar­ture for creating new perspec­tives. Time-con­suming techniques are an important aspect of her work, where slow and meti­culous hand­work is a tribute to nature, materials, and traditions. Through repetition, decons­truction, and reverence, the artist wants to see the materials in a new context.

Textile forms composed of triangular, embroidered textiles "stitched" together with birch sticks form the instal­lation Várddus – Vy – View III. On the opposite side of the textile, the visible, con­nec­ting threads form a floss fibre. Each and every one of the eight textiles hang sepa­rately from the ceiling in the Skylight Space.

Várddus – Vy – View IV consists of a series of objects that appear as hybrids of extrem­ities from both humans and animals. One end of the leg form is finished with a wrapped necktie, at the other end a fur-clad reindeer antler protrudes out.

During the exhibition period, Aslaug M. Juliussen launches a catalogue with a foreword by Charis Gullickson, curator of Juliussen's exhibition Intersections at the Nord­norsk Kunst­museum in 2018.

Aslaug Magdalena Juliussen (b. 1953, Lodegat/Lødingen) lives and works in Tromsø. She was educated at The National College of Art and Design in Oslo and was, during 1980–82, assistant to the textile artist Synnøve Anker Aurdal. Juliussen has had a number of solo exhibitions at, amongst others, Anchorage Museum in Alaska, Blaafarve­værket, Nord­norsk Kunst­museum, The North Norwegian Art Centre, and the National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, as well as participating in a number of group exhibitions at home and abroad. She has carried out many public commissions and worked as set designer on a number of productions. Juliussen's work has been purchased by, amongst others, Stavanger Art Museum, The National Museum, Nord­norsk Kunst­museum, the Sámi Parliament art collection, KORO, Art and Culture Norway, and the Procure­ment Fund for Norwegian Arts and Crafts for KODE. She has received several grants and was awarded the State's guaranteed income for artists in 2010, as well as the Norwegian Craftsperson's Honoury Award in 2011. This year she was awarded a work grant by the Sámi Artists Council.

This exhibition has received support from the Billed­kunstnernes Veder­lags­fond, Art and Culture Norway, Fritt Ord, the Sami Parliament, Troms and Finnmark County Council, Tromsø Council, and Kunst­sentrene i Norge.