Arild
Kristo
Street photography from New York, Los Angeles and Oslo, experimental films and graphic book covers — an archive from the sixties and seventies, now gathered in one place.
Los Angeles, 1962
He was admitted as an «advanced student» in the fourth semester at Art Center School — on the strength of a portfolio he had mailed in. The photographs he took over the following years form the core of this archive.
In the collection
National Museum of Norway
The National Museum of Norway has acquired photographs and book covers by Arild Kristo — among them The Preacher in Times Square, Couple on a Bench and the covers for Pax Forlag’s series Vår verden i dag. The works are shown from time to time in the museum’s exhibitions.
32published works in the collection
See the works at the National MuseumAbout Arild Kristo
Arild Kristo was born in Oslo on 17 May 1939 and died on 7 July 2010. He began at Art Center School in Los Angeles in 1962, where he was admitted as an “advanced student” in the fourth semester on the strength of a portfolio he had mailed in.
- 1939Born in Oslo, 17 May
- 1962Art Center School, Los Angeles
- 1967The film Kristoball
- 1975The feature film Eddie & Suzanne
- 2010Died 7 July
The Estate of Arild Kristo
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