Admir Batlak, Ann Cathrin November Høibo
Mme
13/12/2025—31/01/2026
Installation view
"Mme", #1, 2025
Wool, rayon, satin ribbon, crinoline ribbon, quilting clips, glass beads, sequins, batting, fusible web, Vliesofix, steel
70 x 40 cm
NOK 40 000
"Mme", #2, 2025
Wool, rayon, nylon, satin ribbon, crinoline ribbon, quilting clips, glass beads, sequins, batting, fusible web, Vliesofix, steel
140 x 30 cm
NOK 40 000
"Mme" – Installasjonsfoto
"Mme", #3, 2025
Wool, rayon, nylon, satin ribbon, crinoline ribbon, quilting clips, bias tape, fringe, batting, fusible web, Vliesofix, steel
80 x 55 cm
NOK 40 000
"Mme", #4, 2025
Wool, rayon, nylon, satin ribbon, crinoline ribbon, quilting clips, glass beads, sequins, fringe, batting, fusible web, Vliesofix, steel
110 x 26 cm
NOK 40 000
"Mme", #5, 2025
Wool, rayon, nylon, satin ribbon, crinoline ribbon, quilting clips, fringe, batting, fusible web, Vliesofix, steel
85 x 40 cm
NOK 40 000
"Mme", #6, 2025
Wool, raw wool, rayon, nylon, satin ribbon, crinoline ribbon, quilting clips, glass beads, sequins, batting, fusible web, Vliesofix, steel
85 x 26 cm
Sold
"Mme", #7, 2025
Wool, raw wool, rayon, nylon, satin ribbon, crinoline ribbon, steel
125 x 35 cm
NOK 40 000
Intallation view
"Mme", #8, 2025
Wool, rayon, nylon, cotton, satin ribbon, crinoline ribbon, quilting clips, glass beads, sequins, batting, fusible web, Vliesofix, steel
100 x 35 cm
NOK 40 000
"Mme", #9, 2025
Wool, rayon, nylon, cotton, satin ribbon, crinoline ribbon, quilting clips, glass beads, sequins, batting, fusible web, Vliesofix, steel
95 x 30 cm
NOK 40 000
We are proud to present an exhibition by Admir Batlak and Ann Cathrin November Høibo featuring a series of works in collaboration. Both artists are widely recognized as key figures within what is often described as the material turn in contemporary craft in Norway. In the exhibition, titled
Mme(Madame), the two artists play a role as each other’s accessories: November Høibo’s metal and plastic are replaced by Batlak’s, while his textiles are complemented by hers.
The works move between the masculine, restrained, and rigid, and the feminine, wild, and organic — they are “Madames.” The zone of intimacy is disrupted as the artists enter each other’s works; a project of trust that requires both confidence in one’s own artistic practice and openness to that of the other. The works may evoke backstage costumes and are experienced both sensorially and physically through the presence of materials — in an encounter between sender and receiver.
The exhibition is supported by the Norwegian Arts Council.
Admir Batlak (b. 1982 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina) works across textile, sculpture, and fashion. Experimentation with craftsmanship and the development of new textile forms of expression are central to his practice. Through a wide range of techniques and references to fashion and art history, social movements, and mainstream culture, Batlak creates complex works that observe contemporary society and reflect on taste, ideals, and identity.
Batlak is trained as a fashion designer from Istituto Marangoni in Milan. In recent years, he has primarily worked within the visual arts field, with solo exhibitions at, among others, Entrée in Bergen, Galleri Riis, MUNCH, and Soft in Oslo, as well as participation in the Sculpture Triennial at the Norwegian Sculptors’ Association in Oslo. His work is represented in the collections of, among others, the National Museum, Kode, the Nordenfjeldske Museum of Decorative Arts, and Stavanger Art Museum.
Ann Cathrin November Høibo (b. 1979, Kristiansand, Norway) combines tapestry with other textiles, objects, and sculptural elements. In her artistic practice, Høibo engages with extremes and contrasts, employing both conceptual and sensuous approaches to her work.
November Høibo is educated at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. Her recent solo exhibitions include Kristiansand Kunsthall and Sørlandets Art Museum in Kristiansand, Kunstnerforbundet in Oslo, Carl Freedman Gallery in London, and Drei in Cologne. She is represented in the collections of, among others, the National Museum, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Kode, Henie Onstad Art Center, Sørlandets Art Museum, and the Norwegian Parliament’s Art Collection. One of her major public commissions is the monumental tapestry
Dreams Ahead, commissioned by KORO for the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
