10 Points of Departure

10 Points of Departure. The exhibition focuses on a younger generation of artists who, in different ways, relate to the meaning of materials. Materials and methods may be utilised as bearers of meaning of different contents and expressions, a way of employing material as motive, a phenomenological study of a material or artistic strategies where material is the point of departure.

The ten exhibitors are all recent graduates from various art academies in the Nordic countries.

Participating artists: Maria Quarfordt Brising (SE), Helga Sif Gudmundsdottir (IS), Erik Hellsten (SE), Karl David Larsson (SE), Anna Linder (SE), Ingela Nilsson (SE), Lisa Petrelius (SE), Disa Rytt (SE), Kirsti Willemse (NO) and Melina Ånstrand (SE).

Curators: Inger Bergström and Lotte Nilsson-Välimaa (SE)

Presentations

Maria Quarfordt Brising
Born in1978 in Kristinehamn. Lives and works in Vänersnäs. MA, Valand School of Fine Arts, Göteborg,  2008.
The end is near again, an installation of  monumental drawings.
www.mariaqb.com

Helga Sif Gudmundsdottir
Born in 1974 in Reijkavik. Lives and works in Stockholm. MA, Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, 2009. BA, Iceland Academy of the Arts.
Images of Time comprises a series of photographic works in which material encounters trees and nature, physical and occasional acts occur in the surroundings, and a sound installation.

Erik Hellsten
Born in 1982 in Stockholm. Lives and works in Stockholm. BA, Konstfack, University College of Arts Crafts and Design, Stockholm, 2009.
Embroidery encounters the law in a Kafaesque installation, a continuation of the earlier work Lawsuit in Progress.
www.dengodatisdagen.se

Karl David Larsson
Born in 1981 in Uppsala. Lives and works in Stockholm. BA, The Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, 2010.
Installationen I´ve been collecting yarn for some time now is a collection, an inventory and also elevates the physical shape and character of the wool.
www.karldavidlarsson.com

Anna Linder
Born in 1967 in Storuman. Lives and works in Stockholm. MA in sound art from Dramatiska Institutet, University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre, Stockholm, 2010. The video 13 Related Sewing Machines is part of a larger work entitled I can't hear the sound of your sewing machine anymore which is a tribute to my mother, grandmother and to all the women who suffer from a constant bad conscience for not being good enough.
www.annalinder.se

Ingela Nilsson
Born in1979 in Falun. Lives and works in Stockholm.  MA, Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, 2008.
An interpretation and a staging of a home and a form of behaviour. Material and drawings that represent, grow in and take over spaces.

Lisa Petrelius
Born in 1982 in Stockholm. Lives and works in Stockholm.  MA, Konstfack, University College of Arts, Craft and Design, Stockholm,  2009
A panoramic image between representation and abstraction. A monotonous act is repeated apparently without rhyme or reason, a dream-like image appears.

Disa Rytt
Born in 1984 in Lidköping. Lives and works in Stockholm and Visby. BA, The Royal Institue of Art, Stockholm, 2009.
In the two paintings Babe and Utan titel the emotionally charged motif and its materiality is highlighted.
www.disarytt.se

Kirsti Willemse
Born in1985 in Oslo. Lives and works in Oslo. BA, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 2010.
In a series of objects the border between different concepts and the methods of creating textiles is explored.

Melina Ånstrand
Born in 1979 in Stockholm. Lives and works in Stockholm. MA, Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, 2009.
Mental states become physical acts in the video State of Mind; movements in space, material against the body, body againt the space. In another work the focus is on the woven towel; a domestic handicraft or a sculptural object?

Curators:

Inger Bergström
Using the potency of textile techniques and the materials’ inherent references is what characterises her work. The focus is often on the three-dimensional and the spatial in which textile is employed as a kind of building material. Inger Bergström was educated at Konstfack, University of Art, Crafts and Design, Stockholm where she is professor.

Lotte Nilsson-Välimaa
Educated at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design Stockholm, in textiles and sculpture. Introducing something of the private into the public is a red thread in her work. In her photo and material based work, the human being appears to be engaged in an activity. Collaborations in various constellations of artists are ongoing in parallel to her own activities.