Hanne Tyrmi (NO)
Hanne Tyrmi has always expressed herself through different materials. Hand and mind are in
constant dialogue. By using and processing materials such as lead, steel, bronze, felt and cardboard,
the Tyrmi conveys basic human experiences and gives them a physical and tactile form. The artist
wants to explore the vulnerability that characterizes both society and the individual, an experience
of barriers and loss, power and powerlessness. Tyrmi uses ideas of the body – as social and political
reality – as a pivotal point in her work.
Hanne Tyrmi (b. 1954) lives and works in Oslo but has for lived and worked in Berlin, Brasil, Delhi, Johannesburg and Paris. Amongst others, she has done solo shows at the Museu de Arte Moderna in Sao Paulo, Henie Onstad Art Center, Haugar Art Museum, Kunstnerforbudnet, Kunstnernes Hus and Van Etten.
Kjellerobjekt 4
Bronze
2014
Courtesy of the artist and VAN ETTEN. Photo by the artist
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Confessions
Installation view at Van Etten
2022
Courtesy of the artist and VAN ETTEN. Photo by Tor Simen Ulstein
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Confessions (detail)
Mixed media
2022
Courtesy of the artist and VAN ETTEN. Photo by Tor Simen Ulstein
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Left over
Lead, textiles, steel
2022
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The days when all rots
Lead, leather, steel
2022
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Domestic accident
Paper
2014
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Kjellerobjekt 4
Bronze, 2014
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Confessions
Installation view at Van Etten, 2022
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Confessions (detail)
Mixed media, 2022
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Left over
Lead, textiles, steel, 2022
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The days when all rots
Lead, leather, steel, 2022
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Domestic accident
Paper, 2014
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Hanny Tyrmi, Bleikeplassen, Installation view at Kunstnernes Hus, 2022
Courtesy of the artist and VAN ETTEN. Photo by Uli Holz