Tor Simen Ulstein: The Atlantic Wall
“Photographs of past and future time” is a photographic project that portrays the monumental bunkers along Europe’s coastline. They were built by Hitler’s regime during the Second World War as protection against an Allied invasion, and today they are left to the inevitable forces of nature.
Drawing on his own childhood memories from holidays along the Danish beaches, the artist explores the bunkers’ mystique, their brutal and timeless aesthetic, and their historical significance, as structures caught between human creative power and nature’s slow dissolution.
The project follows a journey along the entire Atlantic Wall, a 2,685-kilometre-long defensive system stretching from Kirkenes in the north to the French–Spanish border in the south, consisting of approximately 6,000 bunkers.
The complex was constructed by the German Todt Organization under the leadership of Minister of Armaments and chief architect Albert Speer.
Today, the bunkers stand not only as remnants of another era, but also as mirrors reflecting the political and social tensions of our own time.
The project explores how the bunkers, even as abandoned structures, continue to carry a strong presence in the landscape.
They function as memories of war, but also as symbols of something unresolved in our own time. Through photographs of the meeting between sea and land, where erosion gradually eats its way into the coastline, it becomes visible how these foundationless concrete structures are slowly displaced, scattered across nature’s restless borderland.
You can read more about the exhibition on our website.
Photo exhibition @skogartspace@ts.ulstein
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A quick reminder: The Artproof team will be on a collective holiday break from December 22nd to January 4th.
The season greetings come with the photo above, from our recent team visit to the curator talk for the Anna-Stina Treumund retrospective at Kumu Art Museum.
As sponsors who helped reproduce many of the works for the museum's largest-ever solo photo art exhibition, it was incredibly inspiring for us to experience the final exhibition together.
Thank you for being part of our journey this year. ✨
“boys” & “and killer legs” This weekend also at Oslo Negativ.
Painting on inkjet prints, in see-through frames with glass also on the back. Bespoke birch frames from @artproof.eu painted with one of my favourite stains. Both are separate frames and can also be shown on the wall. These works are part of the Rasmus room @fotofestival_oslonegativ shown by @vaslisouzagallery . And paitings are featured in @ucsscandinavia latest edition
both — variation #1 arles, 2024 / painting, 2025
71 x 60 cm
Terje Abusdal showing works @kunstnerneshus in their legendary Autumn show, happening for the 138th time.
Context Matters
2023
Archival inkjet print
Bespoke framing with custom paint and museum glass.
@frockgallery
A NATURAL PARADOX
EILEEN NEFF & BETSY GREEN
20 September until 21 December 2025
VERNISSAGE
NEXT Friday 19 September 6 PM - 9 PM
Meet me and enjoy live music and drinks!
ARTWORK: Coast Redwood, ON FIRE
Betsy Green
As defined, a paradox is a statement that appears to be contradictory, but upon closer examination, often reveals a deeper truth. The differences in the work of Betsy Green and Eileen Neff may strike first; with the heightened saturation of Betsy’s images and Eileen’s more modest palette; with Betsy’s attachment to the physical act of photographing in the landscape, as opposed to Eileen’s necessary retreat to the studio to reconsider/reimagine her landscape experiences. But their parallel and abiding attachment and affection for the natural world announces a more penetrating connection and their desire to be present for it, one way or another. Exhibiting their work together offers a complex and illuminating dialogue, one that is supported by the strong awareness of art history’s related embraces of Nature, embedded in the work of both artists.
@eileenneffstudio@betsygreen
FROCK GALLERY
Rijselstraat 26, 8900 Ypres, BE
Opening hours
Wednesday - Sunday 2 PM - 6 PM
(or by appointment)
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Now on view at @kiasmamuseum – SYMPTOMS by @dafnamaimon , curated by @piia.oksanen .
For the show, we framed Dafna’s paintings using floater showcase frames with an oak finish, stained wood background, and museum glass.
Framed with care by Artproof.