There are many portrait galleries around the place. National heritage and portraiture through history are here on display to the public. Wandering through a portrait gallery can be rather tedious with room after room of pompous men with hats. Much can be read into such a collection and the selections made. It defines who is considered important, and who is not. The presentation of the gallery can be used politically. It can state who we should look up to, and make grounds for a common identity. The selection and purpose of the gallery can also be arranged arround different consepts. Examples of this is: nationalism, diversity, dialogues, exploring boundaries of portraiture etc.
My portrait gallery is old fashioned and dramatic lit. It shows four very different people that somehow has an influence on my life as an artist and member of the society. I have chosen to portray these people because they hold a position. None of them are dressed in their private clothes, but they are uniformed by the same kind of track suits that people seeking asylum in Norway, are handed upon arrival. So there u go; a portrait gallery with a bit of a twist.