Per Fronth Last Statements Exhibition on display at Galleri BI-Z / Kristiansand November 3rd - 20th 2011:

Kristiansand, November 2011:
Per Fronth will inaugurate his sculpture-project Last Statements in a new solo- exhibition which opnes in his hometown Kristiansand, Norway on Thursday Nov 3rd. Last Statements is a project referring to the last words uttered by American Death Row prisoners moments before their execution and last breaths on earth. Fronth has made 12 stoneplates in polished black granite, the texts are sandblasted into the stoneplates with 22. carat goldleafing.
The plates measures 80 x80 x 2 cm. Plate 13 measures 160 x160 x 3 cm ( image above) and are the last words of Death Row prisoner # 777 Karla Faye Tucker executed in 1998, the lst female to be put to silence in the US. Per Fronth attended the execution outside the Huntsville Prison, Texas.

Last Statements Pressrelease PDF
Last Statements Catalog PDF
Last Statements Catalog / eclipse PDF
Last Statement Installation View PDF
Pressclip Last Statements: Newspaper Fædrelandsvennen Weekly Magazine God Helg

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Largest Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten prints historic first visual Op- Ed Chronicle Sept 10. 2011:

Oslo, September 10th 2011:
Norways leading and largest newspaper Aftenposten ( Cir. 240.000) printed on Sep.10th 2011 Per Fronth´s Visual Op-Ed Chronicl marking the 10-year anniverssary of the Sept. 11.2001 terror attacks in New York. Per Fronth who lived in Tribeca 400 yards from the World Trade Center and whose artistic career started in New York experienced the nightmare unfold in broad daylight as his life and neighborhood moved into the shadow of terror.
Slowly the 911 events would infuse both the choices and the art of Per Fronth; leading him to make the series Theatre of War from war-torn Afghanistan in 2009 following Norwegian Soldiers of Democracy in the war against terror.
Per Fronth is the first artist to be embeded with the forces in Afghanistan.
The Cronicle is built up on the raw-material Fronth recorded with his camera the horrific morning 911, following the path of time to a sailtrip across the Atlantic, the birth of his daughter - through the artworks from the AFG-series and the new Defence -series - exiting the chronicle with the line of trajectory exploding in the face of all Norwegians with the July 22. 2011 terror attacks in Oslo.
The Visual Op-Ed Chronicle marks a historic milestone in Aftenposten and the norwegian press. It is the first time a newspaper prints a chronicle -
not in written words, but as a visual statement.

Per Fronth / Norsk Skogmuseum / Aug. 6th - Sep. 18th 2011 / Official Artist Festspillutstillingen 2011:

Elverum Aug 6th 2011:
Norwegian Forest Museum ( Norsk Skogmuseum ) has selected Per Fronth the honor of beingFestspillutstillingen 2011 Official Artist. Norsk Skogmuseum is the largest museum in Norway dedicated to issuses relating to forest and environment, the forest as both a resource for employment and recreation. Per Fronth exhibits works drawn from his ongoing subject matters; Man & Nature and and the dilemmas facing Human Nature. Some of the works displayed are from private collections:Movement I. from BLOODLINES - The Duke of Beauforts Foxhunt ( London 2000) and the llatter series Study for Two Sunsets / AFG from the series Theatre of War ( Oslo / New York 2010), focusing on Fronths 2009 journey to the Afghanistan warzones.
More info:
Norsk Skogmuseum Press Release
Press Clips

Per Fronth / Galleri Ormelet / Tjøme / June 18. - August 28. 2011:

Gamle Ormelet, Tønsberg, June 18th 2011:
Last Statements - inaugural presentation of Per Fronth´s new series discusses Capital Punishment; as part in his ongoing quest to address the state of Human Nature in todays modern world.
Last Statements was presented to the public for the first time on June 18. 2011 as an outdoor installation at Gamle Ormelet 20 year celebration.
The works are based on the final statements inmates utter seconds before their scheduled execution is fullfilled in Huntsville Prison, Texas..
A new work in progress Fronth presented the first 6 of 12 black granite stone plates with the Last Statements inscribed in 22 carat gold.

More info: Last Statements
More info: Gallery Ormelet 2011 Exhibition

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Per Fronth / Hole Art Center & Galleri Infill / Hole /June 11. - August 21. 2011:

Hole, June 11th 2011:

Hole Art Center in collaboration with Galleri Infill:
TIME Curated by Arthistorian Cecilie Tyri Holt
June 11th - August 21. 2011

TIME - an exhibition curated by Cecilie Tyri Holt - will include new works by Per Fronth. Together with the Norwegian artists Ulf Nilsen, Jannik Abel,
Elisabeth Werp, Asbjørn Kessel Brandsnes & Johannes Høie the curated collection of works discuss the abstract notion of time in our lives.
Fronth participate in the dialog with two body of works which in different ways refers to memento mori & vanitas.
This is the first time Fronths project Last Statements is on public view.

For more information, please visit - www.holeartcenter.com

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Per Fronth / Gallery B15 / Copenhagen / 8th April - 11th May 2011:

Copenhagen, 8th of April 2011:

Directions - 8.4-15.11 2011

This exhibition is prepared to mark the vibrancy and direction the gallery will follow in the time to come. 11 artists will present new works. Per Fronth will present his Afghanistan series. Featuring the following gallery artists: 이성근 Sung-Kuen Lee (KR), 马思博 Ma Sibo (CN), 김민정 Minjung Kim (KR), Joram Roukes (NE), Andreas Golder (RU), Jon Fox (UK) , Kirsten Reynolds (UK), Alan Rankle (UK), Rebecca Stevenson (UK), Marco Mazzoni (IT) Per Fronth (NO). (Andreas Golder is represented in DK by LARM)

For more information, please visit - www.galleryb15.dk

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New York Times writes about Grand Hyatt New York $130 million makeover:

New York,Jan 11th 2011: Grand Hyatt New York, the major landmark hotel in New York in which Per Fronth was awarded the large commission for their newly renovated lobby, ManhattanSkyline Restaurant and 1300 guestrooms, received great coverage in the New York Times Business Day section on January 11th 2011 edition.

More info (New York Times link)

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Per Fronth / Evolution of Melancholy / Dillon Gallery / New York / Oct 7th - Nov 6th 2010:

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New York October 2010:

Grand Hyatt New York awards Per Fronth Major Art Commission for rebuilt Main Lobby
in the Prestigeous Landmark Hotel on 42nd Street on Manhattan.



Kristiansand / New York, Sept. 11th 2010: The 216 x 131 inch glass-installation will be mounted for the re-opening in late October 2010. World wide Hotel Corporation in addition commissions Fronth to create Art Wall Paper for 1256 guestrooms.

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A hectic October 2010 month for Per Fronth in New York: Grand Commission / Book-release / Exhibition

Kristiansand / New York, Sept. 7th 2010: Grand Hyatt New York awards Per Fronth a major commission-project to be unveiled in New York in October 2010. More info

Bookrelease: Wednesday October 6th: The US Book Release of Per Fronth will take place at a dinner in Chelsea, Manhattan. The book: Per Fronth is published by Press Publishing, Oslo and is the most extensive volume of the artwork of Per Fronth to date. Put in words by Professor John August Wood (US) and Art-historian Cecilie Tyri Holt (NO) the book has already won awards and sold over 4000 copies in Norway. Distributor in the US will be D.A.P. Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. & artbook.com.

Exhibition Opening: Thursday Oct. 7th: Per Fronths longtime representative in New York, Dillon Gallery, will present the exhibition "Evolution of Melancholy" - a presentation of Fronths visual universe and storytelling over the past 12 years. Artworks from the series Xingu Chronicles ( peoples in the Amazonian rainforest 1998), BLOODLINES ( the Duke of Beauforts Foxhunt 2000) and Theatre of War ( Afghanistan 2009) will be on display.

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