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.
With his controversial works entitled “The hand that never stopped painting”, Viskum created
newspaper headlines when he used a truncated hand from a corpse as a
paint brush. This, he says, is his sixth hand.The mediums and subject matter vary from hand to hand. Viskum works with installations, performance, photography and painting,
and has been represented at various exhibitions nationally and
internationally.
