NEW YORK: Opening Party for 'Brooklyn/Norway: A Visual Interpretation' planned for April 1, 2015 at Danish Athletic Club
The exhibition “Brooklyn/Norway: A Visual Interpretation” will hold an opening party on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 6:00 pm at the Danish Athletic Club, located at 741 – 65th Street, Brooklyn, New York.
This exhibit came out of the following Call to Artists. The relationship between Brooklyn and Norway, spans back 400 years. In 1609, a 14-year-old boy from Arendal, Norway, Jens Munk, sailed up the Brooklyn coast as part of Henry Hudson’s crew. This exhibit focuses on the perceptions locals from each place have about the other, whether realistic, mythological or somewhere in between.
Today, both places serve as symbols of exotica, but, for different reasons. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines exotica as ” things excitingly different or unusual.” Today, Brooklyn epitomizes hip or cool world-wide, whether or not warranted. While Norway remains a place of Caucasian exotica, unknown by most, due to its geographic distance from much of the world and it’s small population, (a little over 5 million today).
Brooklyn/Norway: A Visual Interpretation (Photo courtesy of Victoria Hofmo)
Scandinavian artists who reside in the New York area were asked to submit pieces that exemplify their view of Brooklyn. Brooklyn artists were asked to submit a visual interpretation of Norway.
The text of the exhibit evolved from the pieces submitted. Most of the participating artists hail or live in Brooklyn. They worked in a variety of mediums and we are happy to have included amazing work from children, ages 6 – 15.
This exhibit has been curated by Victoria Hofmo, President of the Scandinavian East Coast Museum and is partially funded by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs through the Brooklyn Arts Council’s re-grant program. For further information, please call Victoria Hofmo at 718-748-5950.
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