Growth of the Soil
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Our exhibition at the Hamsun Centre marked the centenary of Knut Hamsun’s 1920 Nobel Prize in Literature for Growth of the Soil.
The Norwegian Embassy in Berlin further supported the project by hosting an event in our Berlin studio.
Perhaps one can call it a gospel to the words. Telling the story of Isak, his firstborn child Eleseus, and his second named Sivert, but who should have been named Jacob.
A book Hitler praised when he met Hamsun — surely unaware of Isak's roots.
Biblical Isaac. Also started with little and subdued the earth. Son of Abraham, father of Esau and Jacob.
And Inger…
just like Hamsun,
did the unthinkable.
Portrait of Knut Hamsun
Accepting the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920 for the hard work of Isak and Inger.
Pigment print on smooth cotton rag,
72 × 82 cm, edition of 20
Pigment print on smooth cotton rag, 72 × 82 cm, edition of 20
Portrait of Isak Sellanrå
Hamsun building Sellanrå with Nobel, socks, and hen.
Pigment print on smooth cotton rag,
90 x 195 cm, edition of 20
Pigment print on smooth cotton rag, 90 x 195 cm, edition of 20
Portrait of Inger Sellanrå
Wife to Isak. Hunted by the harelip.
Pastel on canvas, 110 × 150 cm
Portrait of Marie Hamsun
An early love letter from Knut Hamsun covers Marie’s face.
Pastel on canvas, 110 × 150 cm
Portrait of Joseph Goebbels
Holding the Nobel medal for Growth of the Soil that Hamsun gifted him in 1943.
Pastel on canvas, 110 × 150 cm
Portrait of Knut Hamsun
Standing alone
as Nagel
Pastel on canvas, 110 × 150 cm
