The works of Ida Ekblad (b. Oslo, 1980; lives and works in Oslo) oscillate between an unrestrained imagination and her familiarity with, and allusions to, an art-historical tradition. Ekblad works in a variety of media--painting, sculpture, installation, performance, and poetry--simultaneously and without hierarchical distinction. Among her sources of inspiration are movements in art history such as Situationism and Abstract Expressionism as well...