In the exhibition There came Death , death runs like a red thread through Magnhild Opdøl's work. Her exquisitely detailed pencil drawings and studies of mutilated animals are rooted in a classical tradition going back to Dürer and Claesz. Opdøl's keen interest in anatomy and drawing skills is shown in the Dead Dog Farm series. Among other works on display are a series of pencil drawings that reproduce parts of animals, and several works with references to scenes from David Lynch's cult series Twin Peaks. Certain objects in taxidermy and bronze will also be shown at the exhibition. In many of her works, Opdøl literally turns things in-and-out, exploring the tension between an ecstatic carnality and a restrained self-torture defined by a calculated skill of her hand.
Magnhild Opdøl (b. 1980) has an MA in Fine Art from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, in addition to studies at Nordiska Konstskolan in Kokkola, Finland. Opdøl has a number of solo and group exhibitions behind him, both nationally and internationally. Among others the KUBE Art Museum, Galway Arts Centre, RUA RED Gallery and FUTURES 10, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin and 40/40 in the Stenersen Museum. In 2012 she received an Artist Residency at Fire Station Artists Studios, Dublin.
