PARADE

Curated by Bjørn Hatterud and Håkon Lillegraven
Exhibition architecture by Ellinor Aurora Aasgaard

In 2022 it is 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Norway. This will be marked and celebrated all over the country. On this occasion, the Vigeland Museum has invited curators Bjørn Hatterud and Håkon Lillegraven to take a queer look at the museum’s collection. This has resulted in an exhibition displaying objects that are a bit odd, out of place and not often shown to the public. The exhibition includes a moulding form and parts of plaster casts, tablecloths and napkins designed by Gustav Vigeland, as well as woodcuts and selected sculptures.

In addition to the exhibition in the museum, the curators have initiated a side program consisting of talks and performances focusing on the queer history of the Frogner Park. The program has received support from Arts Council Norway and Fritt Ord Foundation. See more information below.

PARADE side program

Mette Edvardsen - En lys sommers usigelige smerte

Ulf Nilseng og Corentin JPM Leven - Treffpunkt - et cruisingarkiv

Ruth Maier - hva var forbindelsen til Gunvor Hofmo og Gustav Vigeland? Samtale med Jan Erik Vold, Kaja Schjerven Mollerin, Guri Skuggen og Mette Edvardsen

Sikker sex - Frognerparken som cruising-arena på 1980- og 1990-tallet. Samtale med Øyvin Palm, Arne-Harald Hanssen og Bjørn André Widvey