The contemporary artist Morten Viskum was made internationally
known in 1995, when he conducted his “Rat / olive project.” In the
course of two days, he replaced the content of 20 olive jars with
newborn rats across 20 grocery stores in the five largest cities in
Norway. Since then, he has been regarded as one of the most
controversial contemporary artists in Norway. Among other projects, in
the works entitled “The hand that never stopped painting”, he created
newspaper headlines when he used a truncated hand from a corpse as a
paint brush. Viskum works with installations, performance, photography
and painting, and has been represented at various exhibitions nationally
and internationally.He has established the international contemporary
art scene Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium. Ignitas will contribute as
advisors on his Internet, sales and distribution concepts.
http://www.viskum.com/about/
