19.09-05.10.2025

BRUN MATERIE 

SORGENFRI is proud to present Brun Materie, a group exhibition held during the entire month of August. The exhibition features a selection of sculptural and utilitarian works by Norwegian and Norway-based artists—some previously featured in the Sorgenfri collection, others entirely new to the space.

Brun Materie explores the emotional and material possibilities of brown matter, delving into themes of fragility, perception, and the tension between individuality, class and collectivity. Through this universal medium—at once humble and expressive—the works range from small, intimate objects to larger sculptural forms. Each piece speaks to clay’s timeless quality and its ability to carry meaning across cultures, contexts, and everyday experiences.

Moving away from shiny tech fantasies and artificial perfection, the exhibition focuses on the grounded, tactile, and natural. It features a muted, earthy color palette—like the browns of clay as seen in the 1970s, which originally responded to social unrest and disillusionment. Instead of bright, flashy AI-driven designs, the show embraces something slower, quieter, and more elemental.

Erasing boundaries between utility and sculpture, the works offer a slow-living, futurist response to the times we inhabit. Brown, as a material gesture, resists a world shaped by disconnection — a quiet protest against both the ruptures of conflict and the seamless surfaces of synthetic culture. By turning toward the handmade, the real, and the rooted, Brun Materie offers something quieter — and far more radical: presence

Available works you can find here