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Kenneth Alme |
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Rod Barton is pleased to present, My Tarp Has Sprung a Leak, the first UK solo exhibition of Norwegian artist Kenneth Alme. The apparent redundancy of a tarpaulin with holes is a key theme within Alme's latest body of work and is reflected in the shows title, borrowed from Nirvana's seminal Something in the Way. Alme cites the tarpaulins presence in popular culture as a constant trope in My Tarp Has Sprung a Leak; from Laura Palmer's makeshift burial shroud in the opening scenes of Twin Peaks to the father's use of a tarpaulin to protect his family in Cormack McCarthy's The Road. In each of these cases an object that is traditionally used as a protective tool fails to provide the safety desired: Kenneth Alme (b.1981, Tønsberg, Norway) lives in and works in Oslo, Norway. He graduated with both a BA and MA from National Academy Of Fine Arts/ Kunstakademiet, Oslo and Städelschule, Frankfurt and has exhibited widely throughout Scandinavia and Europe. My Tarp Has Sprung a Leak is Alme's first exhibition in the UK. |