Kunsthall Trondheim is showing the exhibition Kinship by the American artist Emilie Louise Gossiaux. 

The exhibition is about the relationship between the artist, who is blind, and her best friend the guide dog London.

Have you ever had someone depend entirely on you? Or have you ever depended entirely on someone else? Kinship, an exhibition at Kunsthall Trondheim, joyfully captures these deep connections through the story of an artist and a dog. Featuring drawings, painted sculptures, and a newly commissioned installation of one hundred painted ceramic objects spanning two gallery floors, Kinship invites reflections on your own interdependence with others while embracing your animal self.

Artist Emilie Louise Gossiaux first met London, a blonde English Labrador Retriever, the day after her 24th birthday. London entered Emilie's life three years after a traffic accident caused Emilie's blindness. For over a decade since then, London has been not only Emilie's guide dog but also a close companion and muse.

In Kinship, visitors follow a trail of multicolored ceramic sculptures of various sizes, inspired by the design of "Kong" chew toys—snowman-like rubber structures made of stacked spheres and often used to hold doggy treats. Along this trail, a survey of the artist's work is presented through a series of vignette-like displays. From one to the next, sculptures and drawings chart the interplay of Emilie and London’s lives and bodily forms to celebrate their shared experiences. Together, they form a unified whole—a super-being that transcends hierarchical boundaries.
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The exhibition can be visited:

Wednesday–Sunday

13.00–17.00

Remember that we always have free entry to our exhibitions.

You will find us at the top of Søndre gate, in the old fire station, in the same building as the library, Litteraturhuset i Trondheim and Sellanraa.

Welcome in for a “koselig” art experience!