I have been back in Kragerø, a town on the coast of southern Norway. I was introduced to more art, to old friends of my husband, and saw some strange, dark, and creepy sculptures.
Tourism has grown fast since my husband lived here, and he feels that the place has lost a little of its soul. There are restaurants and pubs everywhere, and during the busy summer months, there are mostly tourists in the narrow streets. But it’s still a very charming place.
My husband is in the middle of the town, which holds so much of his past. He lived here for long periods from 1960 to 1993
Kragerø takes good care of its reputation as an artist town, and I used the opportunity to see a little more art.
One of the many galleries in KragerøSeeing works of Bjarne Melgård, one of Norway’s most known contemporary artists. He is considered a “badass painter” or a black sheep on the art sceneHis works are primitive and provocativeConsistently, he has been concerned with what is consensus in Norwegian society – and to break boundariesAnd maybe I like his art 🙂On the pub above the galleryAnother gallery, chatting with painter and gallery owner Christina Soot KløvigShe exhibits her brother Eyolf’s works, another primitive-inspired painter with lots of humorI really enjoyed his picturesMy husband reunited with some very good friends he hadn’t seen in 20 yearsFarewell Kragerø, see you again!
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