Calle Segelberg
En lång Hals (A long Neck)
The exhibition halls on the second floor
10th of August – 10th of September 2023

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In the exhibition En lång Hals (A long Neck) in the exhibition halls on the second floor of Kunstner­forbundet, Calle Segelberg presents a number of new paintings with various tech­niques such as tempera, dry pastel and oil painting on both paper, canvas and rice paper.

Several of Segelberg's paintings depict human figures on orna­mental back­grounds. The motifs are charac­terized by deformed bodies where vital parts are missing – a floating head without a body, an ampu­tated foot, or a hand stretching beyond the edge of the image. The title of the exhi­bition is a play on words that refers to the portraits of the Dutch 17th century painter Frans Hals.

In addition to the figure paintings, the exhi­bition consists of non-figurative paintings with strong colours and geometric grid patterns. The paintings on paper are mounted directly on the wall, as well as on a red and yellow striped textile background. The walls in the exhibition halls are decorated with a longi­tudinal wallpaper with a printed heart pattern.

The text excerpt at the top is taken from a letter written by the Swedish 17th century nobleman Johan Ekeblad. With this ono­mato­poetic text, which is partly Swedish and partly absurd, Segelberg also alludes to Dadaism, and through humour he juxta­poses various visual expressions with references to both high and low culture.

Calle Segelberg (b. 1990, Stockholm) is a visual artist with education from the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo and Hoch­schule für bildende Künste, Hamburg. He lives and works in Oslo. Segelberg has, among other places, had solo exhibitions at Central­banken, Oslo, 2022, Van Etten, Oslo, 2021, Kunsthall Oslo, 2020, as well as Diorama, Oslo, 2016. He has also partici­pated in group exhibitions at Standard, Oslo, 2021, Saksum­dal Tempel, Lille­hammer, 2021, Caravan, Oslo, 2020, Iceland, Oslo, 2018 and Nesodden Skulptur­park, 2017.