On the Pilgrimage Route to Nidaros
Daily during the summer and weekends in September
All day in the museum's opening hours
To connect past and present, we have invited the Danish artist Fredrik Tydén to Bjerkebæk. In this exhibition, you can experience Tydén’s work inspired by the Middle Ages alongside that of Sigrid Undset.
Both draw inspiration from the medieval period – in craftsmanship, philosophy and faith. Just as Undset travelled and immersed herself in various sources while writing her novels, Tydén explores medieval expressions in his art.
Tydén has been selected to design the new doors for the west front of Nidaros Cathedral. His winning proposal is inspired by symbols such as the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life. Nidaros Cathedral also held special significance for Undset. As a child, she visited the cathedral with her father, the archaeologist Ingvald Undset, and it later became central to her writing. This may also have been one of the reasons why she chose to settle at Bjerkebæk, along the pilgrimage route to Nidaros. Today, Fredrik Tydén has his studio along the same route, a little further south.
The exhibition is presented in the guest house, the visitor building and in the garden at Bjerkebæk. In the garden, you can experience a bronze sculpture by Fredrik Tydén. His work often begins with photography, which is digitally processed and eventually cast in bronze.
Fredrik Tydén (b. 1985) graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and lives and works in Vordingborg, Denmark. His work combines traditional craftsmanship with new technology.
