KIM HIORTHØY / AXEL "DÖDERHULTARN" PETERSSON: "THE COMMONS"
KIM HIORTHØY / AXEL "DÖDERHULTARN" PETERSSON
"THE COMMONS"
25.04.-24.05.2025 / PREVIEW: Friday 25.04.2025 / 19:00-21:00
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COMMON
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adjective
com· mon ˈkä-mən
1a: of or relating to a community at large: PUBLIC
work for the common good
1b: known to the community
common nuisances
2a: belonging to or shared by two or more individuals or things or by all members of a group
a common friend
buried in a common grave
common interests
2b: belonging equally to two or more mathematical entities
triangles with a common base
2c: having two or more branches
common carotid artery
3a: occurring or appearing frequently : FAMILIAR
a common sight
3b: of the best known or most frequently seen kind -used especially of plants and animals
the common housefly
3c: VERNACULAR sense 2
common names
4a: WIDESPREAD, GENERAL
common knowledge
4b: characterized by a lack of privilege or special status
common people
a common laborer
4c: just satisfying accustomed criteria : ELEMENTARY
common decency
5a: falling below ordinary standards : SECOND-RATE
Oh hard is the bed they have made him, / And common the blanket and cheap …
- A. E. Housman
5b: lacking refinement : COARSE
said, in his common vulgar way, the city would have to lump it
- J. K. Jerome
6: denoting nominal relations by a single linguistic form that in a more highly inflected
language might be denoted by two or more different forms common gender
common case
7: of, relating to, or being common stock
commonly adverb
commonness ˈkä-mən-nəs
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noun
common
1: commons plural : the common people
2: commons plural in form but singular in construction : a dining hall
Students usually have their meals at the commons.
3a: commons or Commons plural in form but singular or plural in construction
3b: the political group or estate comprising the commoners
the parliamentary representatives of the commoners
3c: HOUSE OF COMMONS
4: the legal right of taking a profit in another's land in common with the owner or others
5a: a piece of land subject to common use: such as
undivided land used especially for pasture
5b: a public open area in a municipality
A food and jazz festival will be held at the town common.
6: a religious service suitable for any of various festivals
ORDINARY sense 3
7: COMMON STOCK
Kim Hiorthøy (b. 1973, Trondheim) is an artist, author, choreographer, director of photography, film director and occasionally a graphic designer. Previous exhibitions include Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen;14th Vilnius Painting Triennial, Vilnius; Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst, Amsterdam; Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh; Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery; Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art; New Jerseyy, Basel, as well as Manifesta, San Sebastián.
Axel "Döderhultarn" Petersson (1868-1925) was a Swedish woodcarver and artist. Born in the parish of Döderhult in the Kalmar region of Sweden, he was self-taught. His major breakthrough came with an exhibition that was organised by Hans Zetterström - editor of the weekly comical magazine, Söndags-Nisse - at an art dealer in Stockholm in 1909. Here, an earlier version of the sculpture group, "Beväringsmönstringen [The Conscription]", was exhibited. It was eventually acquired by the Gothenburg Art Museum for 150 Swedish Kroner - no discount. Another version of the sculpture, dating back to the period 1900- 1909, is included in this exhibition.
We would like to thank Ellef Prestsæter, Guttormsgaard Arkiv, Blaker, and Joar Nedberg, The National Museum, Oslo.
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