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| This rhythms, blending Magne´s sensitive songs and Nils Petter techno-jazz into a highly experimental tag-team form of music, this was the first time that the audience could witness Magne´s singing a new material from his forthcoming new album and the local newspaper noted that somewhat surprised that whils Magne´s voice had never really been featured in A-ha, he emerges as a distinctive and "more than able vocalist". A lot of people were involved to create this amazing multi-media event;The ice-sculpting group "MINUS", collaborated with the two artist in a conceptual approach and a stage design, contrasting the natural surroundings with a high tech approach and video imagery of genetic-strains and laboratory experiments. Magne said: -" We just thought it was more interesting to go againts the clichés of forest-myth and winter splendor ; One of the newspapers called threateningly beautiful-THE BEST COMPLIMENT EVER.-" Surely the fact that the Queen of Norway discreetly slipped in to watch the show, was also a great compliment for Furuholmen & Moldaver. "CROWDED "FOCI" OPENING IN LILLEHAMMER ART MUSEUM" Lillehammer february 14, 2004 The opening of Magne´s exhibition "Foci" attracs a record attendance for Lillerhammer art museum. After an entusiastic speech from Svein Olaf Hoff, director of the museum, Nils Petter Molvaer, who together with Magne held the magic " Meltdown" concert on friday evening, opened a exhibition with tendener trumpet solo. The exhibition shows works in a various techniques: monotypes in canvas and on paper and large glass and clay jars. The director of the museum noted in his speech that : "with contrasting material and techniques the objects manage to comunicate well and make for exciting, unbroken continuity The name of the exhibition is a plural form of the latin word "Focus" and describes the many series of work reperesented. In his own foreword to the catalogue Magne describes himself as a "serial artist", in the foreword titled "Hand Notes" the acclaimed Norwegian author Lars Saabye Christensen writes: "There is something that I would call clarified about Magne Furuholmen´s art work not concluded, but clear. The artist has made peace, with his material, the material has put up a fight but has given in, putting itself in the artist hands. This is clearly illustrated by the way that the material has been formed, a kind of jubilation of shapes and colors, the touched of worked-on material then works on and touches the viewer deeply and permanently. "For the national newspaper, he noted: "There is something deeply musical in what Magne does with his hands". The exhibition was very well received, the art fans appreciate very well the art of Magne complemented with the arquitecture of Magne´ s "snogeta" (who among others things designed the world library of Alexandria( and the beautiful natural surroundings of Lillehammer art museum. ALL THE INFORMATION ON THIS SITE BELONGS TO WWW.A-HA.COM There are some interviews that you can listen and read about Magne´s art work, Morten points of view about abortion and some statements about the next concert of a-ha in Bergen on june 4th. www.gd.no/vis_sak.asp?refnum=11103 Magne´s interview in Norwegian. http://idag.no/aktveltoppslag.php3?ID=4428 Morten´s Interview about abortion in Norwegian. www.p4.no/txo/112961.asp criticize about a-ha´s concert with a defence marine of Bergen. |
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