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Einar Grinde's project in Eckbos Legat Anniversary Exhibition. Photo: Jon Gorospe.

Einar Grinde

A borrowed horse one must soon dismount

Grinde was chosen with his exhibition proposal A borrowed horse one must soon dismount, with a motif based on a plaster sculpture by Gustav Vigeland. His work is of the dystopian and civilization-critical kind, but in its ambiguity also contains humorous touches.

- The motif is based on a plaster sculpture by Vigeland. Around the horse, on the floor, lie several horses [...]. They lie crippled on the floor. As if they have stopped in the middle of a fall. They breathe in the same way, but at an individual pace. Everything a little out of sync. The room that is never quite the same. The panels on the pedestal are decorated with motifs taken from Vigeland's reliefs. They depict a young horse kicking away small children. A battle that should have been easy for a young horse, but which the one in this semi-fictional narrative lost, Grinde says in his project description.

Hear his thoughts on the project here: YouTube.


Einar Grinde's project in Eckbos Legat Anniversary Exhibition. Photo: Jon Gorospe. Einar Grinde's project in Eckbos Legat Anniversary Exhibition. Photo: Jon Gorospe. Einar Grinde's project in Eckbos Legat Anniversary Exhibition. Photo: Jon Gorospe. Einar Grinde's project in Eckbos Legat Anniversary Exhibition. Photo: Jon Gorospe. Einar Grinde's project in Eckbos Legat Anniversary Exhibition. Photo: Jon Gorospe. Einar Grinde's project in Eckbos Legat Anniversary Exhibition. Photo: Jon Gorospe. Einar Grinde's project in Eckbos Legat Anniversary Exhibition. Photo: Jon Gorospe.