Studio visit with Elias Forberg, exploring shame, self-loathing and destructive impulses through the lens of Norwegian black metal, folklore and vulnerability. The film offers a close look at his studio, process and the personal experiences behind the paintings.
Artist feature on materiality, process and the personal necessity behind Elias Forberg’s paintings. The conversation offers insight into how vulnerability, darkness and physical work become part of his visual language.
A portrait of Elias Forberg’s practice in connection with his work in Copenhagen. The text follows a practice shaped by vulnerability, raw emotion, experimentation and the movement between personal experience and dark visual mythology.
Article on Kirkebrann, an exhibition where Norwegian black metal, self-loathing, church-burning symbolism and inward generational rage form the basis of a dark and confrontational painting series.
Award-winning short documentary about Elias Forberg, eeplemost and the work leading up to the exhibition Selvforakt 2 meter. The film follows the artist’s attempt to give self-loathing a physical form, and marks the transition from eeplemost to Elias Forberg.
Article on Kirkebrann and Forberg’s use of religious symbolism, black metal references and extreme imagery to examine self-loathing, taboo and inner conflict.
Long-form conversation about self-loathing, church-burning symbolism, provocation and Elias Forberg’s artistic development. The episode goes deeper into the work behind Selvforakt 2 meter and Kirkebrann.
Video feature introducing Elias Forberg’s practice as a Norwegian artist based in Oslo. The episode presents his work with façades, masks, shame, self-loathing and destructive impulses.
Exhibition listing for Kirkebrann in the crypt of Kulturkirken Jakob. The project used Norwegian black metal, church-burning symbolism and self-loathing as psychological and visual material.
Artist profile on KUNZT, introducing Elias Forberg’s work with shame, self-loathing, masks, façades and destructive impulses within a contemporary Norwegian art context.
Gallery profile at Midt & Dowling, where Elias Forberg is presented as one of the gallery’s represented artists. The profile gathers selected works, information about the practice and the gallery’s presentation of the artist.