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The Munch Museum Iteration Three

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Romey and I went to the brand new Munch museum in Oslo.  This is the third iteration of the museum, which started at the Munch house itself, moved up the hill for a while, and is now located by the harbor next to the opera house.  The facility is beautiful, and the art is displayed professionally in a world-class way.

Plan to spend several hours following your nose.

One of our favorite pictures from Oslo comes from the upper floors.

The exhibition spaces are well designed, spacious, and properly-lit.

We made some etching/rubbings of our own.

But of course the main draw is the art on the fourth floor.

Of course we saw the scream (in two of three views)

The Madonna

Escalators abound.

The SOLO OSLO by Admir Batlak is stunning.  Fun with fabric.  Art with deep roots in design.

We learned a ton about Alice Neel, especially by watching the excellent documentary included as part of the exhibit.  Wow.

Alice was in many ways decades ahead of herself for her entire life.

Kode Bergen

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First was an absolutely disturbing and shocking video and art set by Paul McCarthy.  Shock art.  You can read about the psychopathic exhibit above.  The film was just disturbing.

All that required some clearing of the head with Munch and older sedate art.

Maplethorpe, Munch, and Viking War Ships

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Snow in Oslo and a quick hit means lots of über and two museums.

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We will now preside over some Viking ruins!

Not really a Viking ship

Not really a Viking ship

Really a Viking ship

Really a Viking ship

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And then it was over to a very strange juxtaposition indeed. Maplethorpe is just a wee bit better than Munch, but don’t tell the Norwegiens. Judge for yourself.

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Munch in Hell

Munch in Hell

Maplethorpe is Satan

Maplethorpe is Satan

Death Becomes You

Death Becomes You

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Orgasmic Madonna

Orgasmic Madonna

The eyes

The eyes

William Burroughs

William Burroughs

Calla Lilly

Calla Lilly

And then there was color

And then there was color