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Christian HougeSwan in Flight 2, Residence of Impermanence series by Christian Houge - Photo2018
2018
$8,236.63
£6,094.08
€6,840
CA$11,388.61
A$12,503.28
CHF 6,522.99
MX$151,307.06
NOK 81,755.51
SEK 77,035.18
DKK 52,079.95
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Swan in Flight 2, Residence of Impermanence series is a limited-edition photograph by Norwegian artist Christian Houge.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 dimensions:
*120 × 90 cm (47.2 × 35.4 in) edition of 7 copies. Archival pigment print on cotton paper mounted on dibond.
*170 × 126 cm (66.9 × 49.6 in), edition of 7 copies. C-print mounted on dibond.
All prints are signed and numbered.
Contact us regarding framing options.
The series, released in 2019, has garnered nine nominations for the Prix Pictet Award (2021) and has been shown in major photography institutions, including the Preus Museum (Horten, Norway, 2019), Fotografiska (Stockholm, Sweden, 2019), and the California Museum of Photography (Los Angeles, USA, 2020). It is now being offered for sale on Artistics for the first time.
Developed over nearly seven years, the project stems from Christian Houge’s fascination with taxidermy specimens, of which he assembled dozens before assigning new meaning to these lifelike figures. The demanding preparation required extensive logistical and technical efforts, particularly in the transport and preservation of the animals.
Through these photographs, Houge weaves together cultural and mythological references. By immortalising destructive flames, he symbolically grants the animals release—from their condemned existence—into a state of permanent yet transcendent transformation. The unsettling spectacle becomes a paradoxical triumph for species on the brink of disappearance, staged against a backdrop of ornate Victorian tapestries. These tapestries, deliberately chosen, evoke humanity’s long history of imperialism over both nature and fellow man.
With Residence of Impermanence, Houge furthers his ongoing inquiry into humanity’s relationship with the natural world and the hierarchies imposed upon it. As he explains: “Exploring our relationship, and conflict, to Nature has been a recurring theme in all my series throughout the last twenty years. Residence of Impermanence is for sure the most expressive and thought-provoking yet.”
Animals, standing here as emblems of the natural world, are transformed into powerful visual icons, enriched with layers of symbolic resonance. The series highlights a striking paradox: the aesthetic and emotional force of these images compels viewers to confront the quiet, almost invisible disappearance of countless species—an extinction too often met with human indifference.
One of these photographs was recently exhibited at Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall in Arendal, Norway, as part of Houge’s solo exhibition Lost Paradise (2025).
- Creator:Christian Houge (1972, Norwegian)
- Creation Year:2018
- Dimensions:Height: 47.25 in (120 cm)Width: 35.44 in (90 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:170 × 126 cm (66.9 × 49.6 in), edition of 7 copies.Price: $12,861
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- Gallery Location:Paris, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU803116946722
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