Upcoming event
Sinziana Ravini & Jamieson Webster in conversation -
reflecting on the sculptural practice of Kathleen Ryan
October 2, 2025 kl. 17.00–19.00
On Thursday 2 October at 5pm, Kistefos hosts a conversation between the two eminent psychoanalysts Sinziana Ravini and Jamieson Webster who will reflect on the sculptural practice of Kathleen Ryan. There will be a complimentary bus from Oslo.
From the left: Jamieson Webster, photo: Roe Ethridge. Sinziana Ravini, photo: Diana Gran.
Kathleen Ryan creates sculptural works combining materials of different value, often representing everyday objects and foods, such as rotten fruit, jewellery, and spider webs. Some of the central themes of her work are decadence, decay, desire and transformation. In her first museum survey which is currently on view at Kistefos – Ryan’s works are presented across two industrial buildings, emphasising the historic development of our current times.
The event will include a short exhibition tour, followed by refreshments and a conversation between Ravini and Webster, who will discuss themes drawn from — but not limited to — the exhibition, informed by their backgrounds in psychoanalysis, art history, and curating
The event is free and open to all. Complimentary return bus transport from Oslo is available. Places are limited and must be confirmed in advance. Please email post@kistefosmuseum.com if you would like to reserve a seat.
Departure from Hotel Continental (by Nationaltheatret), Oslo: 15.30 (arrival at Kistefos approximately 16.45)
Return from Kistefos, Jevnaker: 19.30 (arrival in Oslo approximately 20.45)
Sinziana Ravini is a Swedish-Romanian psychoanalyst, curator and writer based in Paris working in the twilight zone of art and literature. She writes for art journals like Kunstkritikk and is the editor in chief of the Swedish Art magazine Paletten. Her novel La diagonale du désir (2018 Éditions Stock) is a philosophical and erotical picaresque about female desire, love, revenge, the art world and other more or less hidden worlds. In 2022 she published "Les psychonautes" at Presses Universitaires de France.
Jamieson Webster is a psychoanalyst in New York; she teaches at The New School for Social Research and is on the board of Pulsion Institute for Psychoanalysis. She is the author, most recently, of On Breathing (2025) and Disorganisation and Sex (2021). She has written on many artists including Louise Bourgeois, John Currin, Caroll Dunham, Roe Ethridge, Sanya Kantarovsky, Julia Philipps, Sarah Rothenberg and Jordan Wolfson.
Kathleen Ryan, Bacchante, 2017. Courtesy the artist© Kathleen Ryan.Photo: Tor S. Ulstein/KUNSTDOK.
Installation view from exhibition, KATHLEEN RYAN, Kistefos © Kathleen Ryan © Kistefos. Photo: Tor S. Ulstein/KUNSTDOK.
Kathleen Ryan, Bad Lemon (Old Money),2023. Courtesy the artist© Kathleen Ryan. Photo: Tor S. Ulstein/KUNSTDOK.