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Irene Nordli
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Projects
	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