Towards Modernity in Sculpture.
Gustav Vigeland and his Contemporaries

On the occasion of the Vigeland Anniversary 2019, the Vigeland Museum, in partnership with the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of Oslo, is organizing a two-day seminar on the development of sculpture in the period 1890–1920, with a special focus on Gustav Vigeland and his French contemporaries.

The seminar will be held in conjunction with the exhibition Parallels. Gustav Vigeland and his Contemporaries. Bourdelle, Maillol, Meunier, Rodin shown in the Vigeland Museum (12 April - 15 September 2019).

Place: Sentralen, Øvre Slottsgate 3, Oslo

Register for the seminar here

Program

The planning committee: Øystein Sjåstad, Erik Mørstad, Jarle Strømodden, Elin-Therese Aarseth and Guri Skuggen

For questions: guri.skuggen@kul.oslo.kommune.no