Between the Lines explores how subtle, poetic, and material-based artworks can communicate meaning beyond the obvious. Techniques may express form and color, yet the essence of each work often reveals itself between the lines – as a metaphor for the unspoken, the experienced, and the intuitive.

The exhibition brings together five contemporary artists working across different media. The former Munch Museum provides a unique setting for photography, sculpture, painting, and textile. Each artist offers new perspectives on traditional techniques while emphasizing the visual and sensorial experience. Through materials, objects, and motifs that take on new meaning when seen from another perspective, their practices balance the familiar with the unexpected. The works move between the poetic and the playful, the fragile and the raw, revealing nuances that emerge upon closer observation.

The exhibition space invites visitors to pause, observe, and reflect on how form, texture, and presence can awaken inner narratives. The central question I hope the audience will take with them is:

“What within me responds to this artwork?”

I believe art can evoke meaningful personal reflection and create space for stillness. This belief stems from my own deep connection to art, while recognizing that each viewer will experience it in their own way. Still, I encourage an open, slow, and contemplative gaze — a way of seeing that renews one’s sensitivity to materiality, detail, and presence, not only in art but in life itself.

If the exhibition space can function as a pause in everyday life — a moment for aesthetic and personal reflection — it has fulfilled its purpose. Ideally, visitors will leave with a clearer sense of what resonates within them and why. At the very least, I hope Between the Lines inspires reflection on beauty, vulnerability, memory, and the passion each artist brings to their ideas and materials.