Skog Art Space

Thank you to everyone to joined us for yesterday’s opening ⚡️

•Yu Shuk Pui Bobby w. The Translation of Pain within the world of Hemorrhoid Loans

•Michael Johansson w. Vertical Variations

On view until May 31th

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Photo: Jon Gorospe .videolab

We are delighted to welcome you to the opening of exhibition with Michael Johansson at SKOG.

The exhibition opens on
Thursday May 7th
18:00 - 20:00

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Michael Johansson is a Swedish sculptor and visual artist known for his striking, large-scale installations composed of everyday objects. His work is defined by tightly assembled, cubistic formations in which items are arranged into precise geometric blocks with no empty space. Drawing comparisons to Tetris, Johansson transforms the familiar into something both playful and conceptually rigorous. By imposing order on ordinary materials, he challenges perceptions of space, structure, and function. His installations invite viewers to reconsider the hidden potential and visual harmony within the objects of daily life.

Photos provided by the artist

Last day of The Strawflowers’ Journey by Mingshu Li.

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What is the inspiration behind your series, The Strawflowers’ Journey?

Mingshu Li shares that the inspiration behind The Strawflower`s Journey started during an artist residency in Porsgrunn three years ago. There, she became familiar with Porsgrunn Porselensfabrikk`s strawflower motif. She dived more into the history of this blue and white pattern, and found how it has migrated across cultures for over 200 years. She also made a parallel between this cross-cultural migration and her own experience as a Chinese artist relocating to Norway. When her library research yielded few written records about the motif’s exact origins, she decided to use clay to “fill the gap” in the history books, crafting a visual story to complete the narrative of its journey. A part of Mingshu’s interview with inters (Darja, Marina & Sofie)
Feel free to read the rest of the interview on our website.

Photo Jon Gorospe .videolab

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We are delighted to welcome you to the opening of «The Translation of Pain» by Yu Shuk Pui Bobby at the SKOG.

The exhibition opens on
Thursday May 7th
18:00 - 20:00

Origininally from China, Yu Shuk Pui Bobby, explores the fragile intersections between body, memory and cultural translation; working across moving image, installation, performance and text. She moves fluidly between theoretical inquiry and personal vulnerability in her artistic practice. Her layered narrative spaces weaves together critical perspectives, humour and tender everyday details.

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Photo credit: «The Piles We Carry» at UKS by Tor Simen Ulstein, 2025.

Currently exhibition with Mingshu Li.

The Strawflowers’ Journey, traces the migration of the Strawflower motif (Stråmønster) from Chinese blue-and-white porcelain through European reinterpretations and into its later naturalization in Norway. Through sculptural translation, fragmentation, and repetition, the project treats ornament not as surface decoration but as a moving visual system shaped by cultural exchange, adaptation, and memory. By transforming a painted pattern.

Mingshu Li is a Chinese-born ceramic artist currently based in Norway. She began her formal artistic training in China, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Ceramic Art and Design from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2016. She later relocated to Norway to further her practice, graduating with a master of Art in Art and Craft from the Oslo National Academy of Arts (KHiO) in 2020. (You’re welcome to read the rest of the text on our website).

Text by interns Sofie, Darja and Marina.
Photos Jon Gorospe .videolab

In these two exhibitions at SKOG, the physical journey of cultural motifs meets the deep psychological roots of the forest.
Strawflowers’ Journey by Mingshu Li and Less than Tree by Iver Lennartson Noem currently view at Skog until 3th May.

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Thanks to Iver and to Mingshu Li for collaboration⚡️
Photo .videolab

Thank you to everyone who joined us, participated, and collaborated at the opening with Iver & Mingshu.
We truly appreciate your support and energy.

Strawflowers’ Journey by Mingshu Li •
Less than Tree by Iver Lennartson Noem
On view until 3th Mai.

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Opening hours
Wed - Fri 13-17
Sat - Sund 12-16

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We are delighted to welcome to the opening of the “Strawflowers Journey” by Mingshu Li and “Less than Tree” by Iver Lennartson Noem today at 18 hs.

Welcome ⚡️

Thursday April 9th
18:00 - 20:00