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Irene Nordli
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Projects
	Ting forteller New works for an exhibition at Lillehammer kunstmuseum
	Englevakt and "En dag til og alt blir pent". Commisioned work in collaboration with John Roger Holte, for Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Kongsvinger
	Don't Be a Stranger Public sculpture outside Asker Kulturhus
	The Small Princes A group of figures produced for the exhibition "Kyss frosken" at the National Gallery in Oslo
	Together We Stand, Divided We Fall Porcelaine sculptures - first exhibited as a part of the exhibition "Norske Bilder 2004"
	Runni ungdomsskole A commisioned project with four cabinets of small sculptures for a public school
	Ring A group of porcelaine figures
	Colour Me True A group of porcelain sculptures now travelling the world as a part of the exhibition "Figures in Contemporary Norwegian Ceramics - Trolls"
	Snow Domes Porcelain figures in glass domes - turn them upside down and watch the snow fall.
	Figures in a Winter Landscape Cold white porcelaine figures staged in a winter landscape.
	Deerman and Supervenus One of my projects is Deerman and Supervenus - two larger than life sculptures on sofas with stories to tell. Touch them and they will talk...
	Kenguland One of my recent projects is Kenguland - three man-sized sculptures. With the porcelain doll and Boxing Kangaroos as a reference these figures are new hybrid creatures. Not kangaroos as they really are, but closer to fairy tales and cartoons. I have slip-cast and modelled my own hands, feet, basketball shoes and basketball. The body is made from knit-wear. Also have a look at the making of Kenguland
	The Deer Hunter - Utflukt magazine A photographic project for the Norwegian magazine Utflukt (2-3, 2000). Photographs of my own figures are placed in the landscape.
	The Heart A collaboration with John Roger Holte - this is an illuminated heart made from used red plastic toys.
	Figurines Porcelain sculptures where I want to emphesize the sensuality in porcelain as a material. I have slip-cast well known female figures, souvenirs, dolls etc. - from Venus to contemporary super heroins. Figures that belong to us all. Through my work I want to make new combinations and bring the figures back to life in my recreations.
	Oh My Deer The female body and deer heads - animal and human hybrids. A series that I started to work with in the summer of 2000.
	Abba In these figures I want there to be elements of both surprise and recognition. I don't want any trace of the artist's hand, but want to make use of industrial codes. I have made these works in one of Norway's porcelain factories. The titles are from ABBA, my childhood music recycled.
	Ballerinas Rotating procelain figures. Adding movement to add life in a more direct and concrete interpretation. Part of the series Moving Misfits.
	Musical Chairs In my work I am playing with the expectations to the traditional porcelain figure, and I try to revitalise this tradition. Humour is an important entrance to the more serious and complex elements of my work. During the process I choose figures that already exist and that I have some kinds of personal relation to. Often I use toys, decorative figures or dolls, figures that many people know. I make moulds of plaster, slipcast and assemble the pieces to create new meanings - three-dimensional collages.
	Boxing Kangaroos
	Sitting figures