Art of crisis in the suitcase

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:19:36 +0000

Morten Viskum was covered in DN (After Stock Exchange) – Norway’s largest financial newspaper – entitled ”Art of crisis in the suitcase” (translated). Morten was covered having submitted a monetary briefcase with unknown contents to Blomqvist’s winter auction ..”

Ignitas signs with art entrepreneur Morten Viskum

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:55:59 +0000

Ignitas, an investment and strategic advisory company, has recently signed an agreement with the contemporary artist Morten Viskum. Mr. Viskum was internationally known in 1995 when he conducted his “Rat / olive project.” In the course of two days, he replaced the content of 20 olive jars with newborn rats across 20 grocery stores in the five largest cities in Norway. Since then, he has been regarded as one of the most controversial contemporary artists in Norway. Among other projects, in the works entitled “The hand that never stopped painting”, he created newspaper headlines when he used a truncated hand from a corpse as a paint brush. Viskum works with installations, performance, photography and painting, and has been represented at various exhibitions nationally and internationally. He has established the international contemporary art scene Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium. Ignitas will contribute as advisors on his Internet, sales and distribution concepts [Article by Ignitas]. Read more