The Weeping Madonna of Kronborg
Solo exhibition at Gallery Kronborg, at the top of mount Rundemanen in Bergen, Norway.
May the 8th - May the 22nd 2016
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'Dear pilgrims,
Gallery Kronborg is for this occation transformed into a religious site, a holy place of pilgrimage. To experience this wonder you will have to leave the city behing, and ascend the beautiful mountain of Rundemanen (568 masl), one of the seven mountains of Bergen. The age of miracles is not over yet.
Henrik Koppen will for this exhibition make a shrine at Kronborg, to create an ambigious narrative for the art audience and random hikers by combining elements and aesthetics from different religions and mythologies. In this project he works with staging of religious experiences, and homemade wonders.
There are many myths around the world about wonders happening with religious statues, either they are crying real tears, bleeding, or drinking milk. This is looked upon as a miracle, a physical manifestation of the divine, and is often followed by large numbers pilgrims and stories about miraculous healings. Paradoxically, by becoming more ´bodily´ and ´earthly´ the idol becomes more ´heavenly´.'
Gallery Kronborg at mount Rundemanen
The Weeping Madonna
The roof of the gallery was decorated and marked with colorful flags
