The works of Lotta Hannerz have an eerie and strange feel to them, in the midst of a supreme normality. Spanning from sculpture, painting to installation, her work hints at an underlining horrible abuse and the experience of the inevitable lose-lose situation of humans, women and institutions. Fun but sad and tragic at the same time. Worth a look:
Lotta Hannerz
Angelika Knäppar Gallery
Date: 4. November- 5. December
The Gallery’s website: www.angelikaknappergallery.com
Ebba Matz’s works attempts a form of minimalism and conceptualism which emanates a elegance which becomes untouchable. The conceptualism, however, is superficial and its minimalism extraordinarily remote and precious. Worth a look for its pristine nature, but neither ultimately challenging nor provocatively threatening in the end.
Ebba Matz
Galerie Aronowitsch
Dates: from 6. Novemer- 5. December
The Galleries website: http://www.aronowitsch.se/
Not from her newest show, but good example of her Matzs work.
Annette Folkedotters brilliant work mixes everyday life with the tragedy of the finality and certainty of death. Her pieces lay bare a middle-class life-style that yearns to live without fear, thinking everything will continue as it always has, yet death is just around the corner. Not even children, with their young age, are safe from the reaper. The work varies from drawings, installation and performance and mixes metaphors of death with life and the richness of human experience. Definitely go see this show! (As a plus, it is in Gamla Stan, the old town of Stockholm!).
Annette Folkedotter
National Galleriet
Dates: from 30. Oktober-14. November
The Gallery’s website: http://www.nationalgalleriet.just.nu/
I particularly loved Annette Folkedotter’s ”dead-fish mobile” in the show which you review here.
You can see a short animation of the piece at the galleries home page, which you linked in your post, But I was wondering, Does the “dead-fish mobile” have a title??
Or is the whole “installation” called “Levande hänvisas till andra sida”? (Translation would be: ”Life refers to the next Page”. You think this captures the feel right?)
Looked at her home-page, http://www.folkedotter.com/ , but the piece wasn’t there.
And those who don’t know Annette Folkedotter’s work should check it out there (Marie Antoinette meets Alice stumbling around Wonderland, you think?).
Good questions. I’ll write to Folkedotter and ask her, and see if I can post her answers on this blog.
The “Dead-fish mobile” was great. Very Tim Burton-like humor and feel to it.
And yes, her art is very Marie Antoinette meets Alice in Wonderland!
Thanks. I’m looking forward to her answer.
Would be curious, as well, about her own thoughts on the exhibition.
As I have been checking back to see what Annette Folkedotter’s answer would be in regard to my pervious question (with no avail), I thought to put these up for two of the artists as a video/music tribute to them (while I wait). Enjoy:
Yeah, yeah, yeahs … Skeleton — Not as tragic as Annette Folkedotter’s work with the skeletons as a metaphor of recognizing and unflinchingly confronting death within life, but an attempt at forlorn loss:
Kerli….Teaparty – reminiscent of Annette Folkedotters Alice feel in some of the pieces (on her website), but, naturally more tame and “rational”:
Acid Girls….Lightworks – the humor and texture of Lotta Hannerz’s work, and how she may make sense of the preceding video, if she was forced to, as a piece:
Yay! Acid girls! I love this song and video <3.
Kerli's song was good as well. I haven't heard of her before! I'll have to check out more of her work.
The yeah yeah yeah's video was new to me. Very beautifully done. Strangely honest.
Thank you for posting them onto this site! Always a pleasure to listen to some good songs.
Saw that the Folkedotter show is now over, so I guess no answers about the pieces. Oh Well.
Hope I hear about upcoming shows.
And a last video, more relevant to her work. And seems to be along the lines of your site and her work. Funny, dark, and a multiplex of ideas.
Kerli “Walking on air”. Dolls, being different, and gothlite.
Hello! Actually, she did reply. Do to my “About” page, she has posted a comment there with answers to my questions. 🙂
Is it possible to move her comment over to this post? Maybe just clip it out (if necessary) and paste it here.
Best would be to move it “in toto”, as it may have links. Having it in the “about” seems odd.
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