The travel of the Campingwomen
Campingwomen,a are a five large rolling sculptures, by Marit Benthe Norheim
Campingwomen are functional caravans from the 60s and 70s. The torsos of the female figures grow out of the roof so that the caravans function as the women’;;;s skirts. Each woman is approximately 4 meters tall. The caravan, the camping life, the traveller, the transportable home, memories of cramped spaces with the family close together – cosiness and the holiday, or the explosive nature of these elements – give rise to many associations and also to the stories associated with gypsies and circus people, the travellers. The woman and the secrets she hides or reveals also gives rise to interpretations.
Tue 19.5 - Nauthólsvík parking area
Wed 20.5 - Nauthólsvík parking area
Thu 21.5 - Sólfarið - a sculpture by Sæbraut street
Fri 22.5 - Sólfarið - a sculpture by Sæbraut street
Sat 23.5 - Old Washing Springs in Laugardalur from 1pm
Sun 24.5 - Old Washing Springs in Laugardalur
Mon 25.5 - Old Washing Springs in Laugardalur
Marit Benthe Norheim, born in 1960 in Norway, now lives in Denmark. She studied at the Norwegian State Art Academy, Bergen, Norway, a Travelling Art Academy, throughout Europe including five months in Italy, and The Royal Academy of Art (MA), London. This led to her living and working in London from 1984 to 1995. Benthe has given several group and solo shows and has undertaken several large public commissions in Norway, Denmark, England, Sweden, Iceland and Greenland. Her work is held in the public collections of a.o. the Norwegian Contemporary Art Museum and the National Gallery of Art, Norway and the New Carlsberg Foundation, Denmark. She has lectured at a number of Art Colleges, including the Royal Academy of Art and Central Saint Martin School of Art, London. Some of her large public sculptures include local community involvement, and two of them use themes from the female figures of Henrik Ibsen’;;;s writings. One is Woman of the Sea at the harbour in Sæby, Denmark, the other one is the Rat Virgin from “Little Eyolf” a 7m-tall sculpture covered in a mosaic of porcelain eyes, made by 2,300 children in Skien, Ibsen’;;;s birth place, for the Ibsen Anniversary 2006.