Current exhibitions
Johan Nobell
Opening Saturday 9 November at 12-4pm
The exhibition runs from 9 November to 1 December
Open Tuesday-Friday 13-17, Saturday-Sunday 12-16
In his paintings, since his debut in the 1990s, Johan Nobell has depicted everything from terrifying hallucinations to sights with softer undertones. Often the subjects are in vast fantasy landscapes created from his distinctly stark pastel palette.
The enigmatic paintings give rise to endless possibilities of interpretation, but at the same time and just as obviously carry their own mutual logic. The pictures are made with precise brushstrokes and in a precise design language, and it's just a matter of being swept along and into a wonderful world that is often embraced by broad references.
The exhibition Injudicious Gardening (2020) borrowed its name from a poem by the acclaimed American modernist and poet Marianne Moore. The author associated with the call to his colleagues to create "imaginary gardens with real toads in them".
A task cut and dried for a painter who always creates art with his own logic, which takes root and sprouts in his own imaginary landscape.
Filippa Nilsson Kallhed
Opening Saturday 9 November at 12-4pm
The exhibition runs from 9 November to 1 December
Open Tuesday-Friday 13-17, Saturday-Sunday 12-16
- I work with sculpture where themes such as identity, body, desire and humor are touched upon.
My work process takes its starting point from things from my surroundings; food from the kitchen, a product
in the studio that never left, clothing, my body.
The objects are shaped and brought together in assemblages with materials such as clay, wax and plaster, and
cast off once again. The final piece mostly consists of plaster or acrystal.
I see my sculptures as extended self-portraits where I and my surroundings are preserved.
The everyday objects are transformed into new figures, symbols and narratives.
The recognizable gives me the opportunity to be playful - something that is central to my process, and the studio as my private room is a prerequisite for the work. At best, I can forget that what I do there will ever be shown publicly. I often feel silly when I work, I like that feeling, and I try to keep it a little embarrassing and banal. I often work in series of independent sculptures, where the choice of material binds them together.
Filippa Nilsson Kallhed is specially invited by Johan Nobell who is exhibiting at the same time.
