Linn Fernström (SE)
Linn Fernström works subtly with enigmatic poetry. Her works are magically realistic, existing somewhere between dream and reality – here the definitions of time and place become blurred. Lush alternating meadows and flowers spread out to create a dreamlike landscape in Fernström’s new paintings. With quick brushstrokes, the paint dissolves and runs down the canvas. Creating a story, realistic depictions of human and animal forms are often found inserted into the seemingly idyllic scenes.
Linn Fernström (b. 1974, Örebro; SE) lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. Fernström graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm. Fernström’s work is included in collections such as the Moderna Museet (Stockholm; SE), Malmö Art Museum (Malmö; SE), Ståhl Collection (Norrköping; SE), Linköping Art Museum (Linköping; SE); and Bonniers (Stockholm; SE), as well as in several private collections. The artist’s exhibition history includes recent exhibitions at Liljevalchs (Stockholm; SE).
Flickan
Oil on canvas
2023
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Blå fåglar
Oil on canvas
2023
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Linn Fernström
Installation View
2023
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Flickan
Oil on canvas, 2023
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Blå fåglar
Oil on canvas, 2023
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Linn Fernström
Installation View, 2023
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Portrait of Linn Fernström
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Gabriel Karlsson (SE)
Working primarily in the realms of sculpture and installation, Gabriel Karlsson investigates the dialogues that can occur between different objects, and the ways in which objects can begin to communicate individually, seperate to the context in which they occur. By reusing the same object in different constellations, Gabriel Karlsson's practice creates a language of materials and objects that is waiting to be read. Many of his sculptures arise from an attempt to depict am imagined object rather than the real one. In that way, Gabriel Karlsson's sculptures become a reflection of how something in front of us is experienced rather than how it appears.
Gabriel Karlsson (b. 1988; SE) lives and works in Malmö, Sweden. In 2019, he received a MFA from Malmö Art Academy where he is currently working as a teacher. Selected exhibitions include Malmö Konsthall (Malmö; SE); Ravinen Art Gallery (Båstad; SE) and Skissernas Museum (Lund; SE). Karlsson has received the Fredrik Roos Art Grant.
Gabriel Karlsson
Installation View
2022
Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Arnstedt. Photo by Joakim Sandqvist
Gabriel Karlsson
Detail
2022
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Gabriel Karlsson
Installation View
2022
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Gabriel Karlsson
Installation View, 2022
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Gabriel Karlsson
Detail, 2022
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Gabriel Karlsson
Installation View, 2022
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Portrait of Gabriel Karlsson
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Kristina Eriksson (SE)
With a silent palette and a harsh approach, Kristina Eriksson’s works are hard to categorize. As quiet thoughts, or contemplations, her paintings inhabit a strong sense of intimacy, and their reduced elements of forms speak of overpainting and deliberations. Her sparse production of works reflects the artist’s strict approach; not many paintings are approved. Her paintings are strongly expressive in their withdrawal from the viewer’s eyes, they are hard to catch but, nevertheless, make a mark. There is a poetry to be found in this almost sacred yet austere world. Kristina Eriksson offers the viewer an escape into something else; a pause and the insight that material things are just material, they won’t last. Her paintings prove that peace is to be found in that conviction.
Kristina Eriksson (b. 1948, Stockholm; SE) lives and works in Höganäs, Sweden. She holds a MFA from the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. Eriksson’s works are featured in the permanent collection of Moderna Museet (Stockholm; SE), Malmö Konstmuseum (Malmö, SE); Stockholm Regional Council (Stockholm; SE) and Dunkers Kulturhus (Helsingborg; SE).
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Oil on canvas
2023
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Oil on canvas
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Oil on canvas, 2023
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Kristina Eriksson, Installation View, 2023, Galleri Arnstedt
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