Carin Ellberg
Annika von Hausswolff
Johan Nobell
Nina Saunders
Johan Zetterquist
Gudrun Ahlberg
An exhibition with artists who share a more or less evident use of surrealist strategies in their work. Carin Ellberg, Annika von Hausswolff, Johan Nobell, Nina Saunders, Johan Zetterquist and Gudrun Ahlberg.
Carin Ellberg, Annika von Hausswolff, Johan Nobell, Nina Saunders, Johan
Zetterquist and Gudrun Ahlberg
Andréhn-Schiptjenko, November 15 2003  January 10 2004
We are proud to present 'The articulated dream'*), an exhibition with artists
who share a more or less evident use of surrealist strategies in their work.
Gudrun Ahlberg (born in 1921 and still active as an artist) is the central
figure in this exhibition. She graduated from University College of Arts,
Crafts and Design in Stockholm in 1946 and was for a period of time part of
the artists' group The Imaginists, formed in Sweden in the late 1940's. As a
female artist she has been largely excluded from the movement and groups
whose works can be seen in museums and in the media and, moreover, have been
given a place in contemporary history.
In Ahlberg's collages from the 80's and 90's, some of which feature the
technique decalcomania, as well as in the other participating artists' works
(born 1958-68), there is an evident methodology which refers to dreams, our
subconscious, imaginings, hybrids and metamorphoses.
We are very grateful to Harriet Deger at Galleri Hera, Stockholm.
*) The title of the exhibition is a quotation from Ilmar Laaban's foreword
'The Serene Scissors' for a book on Gudrun Ahlberg, published by Raster
förlag in 1993 with texts by Jan Linder.
Opening Saturday November 15 2003, 12-5 pm. The exhibition continues until
January 10, 2004. Our opening hours are Tues-Fri 11 am-5 pm, Sat 12-5 pm.
The gallery is closed December 23-January 6. For further information and
images, please contact the gallery.
Image: Annika von Hausswolff, Spoke, 2000 C-print
Next exhibition: Annika Larsson 'New Gravity', opening January 15 2004.
Andréhn-Schiptjenko
Markvardsgatan 2
S-113 53 Stockholm
Sweden
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