We are thrilled to introduce three Swedish artists; Harry Anderson, Emma Jönsson and Hans Kvam, in the group exhibition Swedish Landscape, a collaborative project between Saskia Neuman Gallery, Stockholm and V1 SALON, Copenhagen.
Harry Anderson, b.1986 is a Swedish artist based in Stockholm. Anderson received his MFA from the Danish Academy of Art in 2019. His practice encompasses ceramic sculpture, embroidery and painting. For the exhibition at V1 SALON, Anderson’s work boasts a suit of new ceramic busts; a continuation of the artists fascination in renaissance sculptural practices, closely combined with his examination of the conceptual portrait.
Emma Jönsson, b. 1961 is a Swedish artist based in Floda, Sörmland. Emma received her MFA at HDK Valand, Gothenburg in 1998, and was educated at the Royal Danish Academy School of Design as well as Gerlesborgsskolan and HV Handarbetets Vänner, in Sweden. Jönsson’s work focuses on her very personal internal dialogue in combination with her thoughts and reactions to current events, travels and impressions from farther afield than Floda, Sörmland. The artist builds a gentle narrative, where embroidery paints an enchanting and at times jarring picture of the world in which we live.
Hans Kvam, b. 1965 is a Swedish artist based in Ås, close to Östersund. Kvam graduated from Kunstakademiet in Trondheim 1997 and studied at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. Having initially employed video and sound as the primary medium in his practice, the artist later turned to painting; creating elusive abstract works where both flora and fauna take on new forms. The overpowering, almost tactile imagery exudes contemporary gestures, while simultaneously paying homage to references within the Swedish art historical canon.
In the Swedish language, Swedish painting is aptly called Dalmålning. The direct translation of Dalmålning is valley-painting, however Dalmålning refers to Dala painting, Swedish folk painting. Dalmålning, is a traditional style of painting that emerged in the Dalarna region of Sweden during the 18th century, which later developed into the national folk-art style of Sweden. Swedish peasants used 'pictorial' Dalmålning to decorate walls or cupboards, unique for its whimsical depiction of life during the 18th and 19th centuries in Sweden.
While all three artists draw from the Swedish Art Historical canon and utilize classical mediums and motifs, they each bring unexpected elements to their work, creating an alluring meeting between traditional craft and contemporary expression.
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