![]() A few of the paintings have never even been shown in public before. Met with an onslaught of press coverage and a packed reception party, Knausgaard's show consists of lesser-known and often-overlooked works from the collection. The museum's collection houses more than 1,700 paintings left by Edvard Munch, creator of that deeply recognizable icon of existential angst, The Scream, to the city of Oslo after his death in 1944. Karl Ove Knausgaard is talking about his initial response when asked to curate an exhibition of Edvard Munch's paintings.įor a couple of years now, the famed Norwegian novelist who gained international recognition with My Struggle, his six-volume autobiographical novel (an excerpt of which appeared on ), has been delving into the storage rooms in the basement of Oslo's Munch Museum. "My only thought was, Yes! What an amazing assignment." ![]()
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