The Bjørlo Room

The room was created by artist Per Inge Bjørlo in 2009. He is considered Norway’s doyen of installation art. His distinctive sculptures can be seen at many of the country’s major hubs and in important public spaces. You may have seen them: large steel sculptures with features of muscles, bone joints, and organic tension. Other sculptures are characterized by welded steel forms with sharp, flame-cut edges and industrial steel parts assembled into new shapes, often accompanied by machine parts from industry, industrial and black rubber, crushed mirrors, and glass shards. The materials are forced together, welded, hammered, or screwed against and into each other. Power and action, resistance and triumph are the overwhelming associations with his utterly unique style. The discomfort of our time and machine aesthetics, which can feel threatening and unpleasant, are transformed by Bjørlo’s hands into a present beauty. The art is both surprising and can take our breath away.