IN OSLO
Bad Objects #4: Oslo
Everyone agrees that Peder Lund’s Oslo gallery space, in Tjuvholmen, serves as a brick-and-mortar excuse for a business that actually operates elsewhere, on the global fair circuit. Among the fifty artists and estates represented by the gallery, only a few are from Norway. Gallery assistants hide behind pocket doors, hoping viewers will find the QR-code checklist for themselves. “They don’t even announce their openings!,” one friend admonished. Sometimes these semi-private openings even end earlier than scheduled, the better to limit interaction with the general public. Yet I was happy to visit this strangely personless space, which contributed an unsettling aura to the gallery’s exhibition of Peter Fischli and David Weiss’ Flowers and Mushrooms, 1997-2006. First presented at Tate Modern in 2006, the 45-minute film anthologizes a large series of photographs taken through double expo…
