Contradictory feelings of unease and curiosity evoked by her macabre stories and glimpses of the unexpected in the everyday have been characteristic of von Hausswolff's work since the 1990's. In her photographs the human body is often physically present or tangible in the traces left behind: naked, abandoned bodies in picturesque landscapes, covered, lifeless bodies, children with chainsaws, or the reminders of human presence in the form of dust bunnies.
curated by David Neuman and Tessa Praun
This spring Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall has the great pleasure of showing a wide
selection of work by Annika von Hausswolff, an artist whom Magasin 3 has followed
for many years. This exhibition includes over 50 of von Hausswolff´s works, all from
Magasin 3´s collection, as well as a large-scale installation specially created for
the space.
Contradictory feelings of unease and curiosity evoked by her macabre stories and
glimpses of the unexpected in the everyday have been characteristic of von
Hausswolff´s work since the 1990´s. In her carefully composed photographs the human
body is often physically present or tangible in the traces left behind: naked,
abandoned bodies in picturesque landscapes, covered, lifeless bodies, children with
chainsaws, or the reminders of human presence in the form of dust bunnies, empty
chairs and discarded shirts. Using well-known motifs and art historical references
Annika von Hausswolff´s work exists on the border between the documentary and the
staged. In the last few years her world of images has increasingly taken physical
shape in the exhibition space through the use of objects and props.
Annika von Hausswolff was born in 1967 and lives and works in Gothenburg. Since the
1990´s she has had many solo exhibitions and been included in group shows at
institutions such as the Musée d´Art Moderne de Ville de Paris, the Hasselblad
Center in Gothenburg, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst in Copenhagen, Hamburger
Bahnhof in Berlin and Fotomuseum in Winterthur. For the 1999 Venice Biennale Annika
von Hausswolff represented Sweden at the Nordic Pavilion. Her work has previously
been shown at Magasin 3 as part of the group exhibitions ``Annika von Hausswolff,
Jane & Louise Wilson, Weegee´´ (2000), ``Extension´´ (2002) and most recently in
``Works from the Collection of Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall´´ (2005).
Artist's book:
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall will be publishing an artist´s book, ICH BIN DIE ECKE
ALLER RÄUME, in collaboration with Annika von Hausswolff this April. The publication
will include over 70 new photographs - the artist´s documentation of the exhibition
process, close-ups and different angles that provide a new perspective on her work.
ICH BIN DIE ECKE ALLER RÄUME will also include a catalogue raisonné section of the
complete oeuvre of Annika von Hausswolff, over 150 works.
Program
Lectures and tours will be held in Swedish unless otherwise stated.
Thursday, February 14 at 7pm, lecture
A look at the past. About older photographic technology and its users, 1839-1980
Lecture by Leif Wigh (former curator at Moderna Museet) in conjunction with the
exhibition Miroslav Tichy & Julia Margaret Cameron, which is on view until March 23.
Sunday, February 17 at 2pm, special tour
David Neuman, director of Magasin 3, gives a tour of the Annika von Hausswolff
exhibition "Ich bin die Ecke aller Räume".
Thursday, February 28 at 7pm, lecture
von Hausswolff's Technologies: a Foucauldian reading
Cecilia Sjöholm, lecturer at Södertörns Högskola.
Michel Foucault was interested in the power he linked to 'technologies of the self'
and aimed to formulate the self as a moral driving force outside of the system with
which the individual is coded, socially and politically. Can one analyse Annika von
Hausswolff's images under this lense? Which conflicts are evident in her work? The
lecture looks at von Hausswolff's images using the notions of Foucault.
Open tours, Saturdays at 2 pm
Every Saturday we offer a guided tour of the exhibitions, ca 45 min. NB: This
Saturday, February 9, only Tichy & Cameron will be included in the tour.
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
Frihamnen - Stockholm