ANTTONEN
WILD PRUNING solo exhibition
30.10 - 30.11.2025
BÆRUM KUNSTHALL, NORWAY
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The exhibition presents a three-part sculptural installation titled Holes in the Hedge, consisting mainly of marble-based works. Its starting points lie in observations on various boundaries and norms, as well as in a fascination with the ancient world and the idea of metamorphosis. Techniques and motifs that reference antiquity intertwine with fantasies of worlds that resist fixed definitions.
Anttonen works through the lens of queer experience, and the installation title Holes in the Hedge refers to things that remain partly concealed – much like the experience of being able to show only a part of oneself, which is often associated with queer identity.
The exhibition title Wild Pruning alludes to growth and freedom, as well as to being shaped into a specific mold. The phrase “wild pruning” evokes a sense of untamed and uncontrolled gardening, where “pruning” simultaneously suggests both the act of setting boundaries and the possibility of breaking them. This connects to a queer perspective in which norms are “trimmed,” reshaped, and reimagined.