Carin Ellberg @ Andrehn-Schiptjenko

Following the landscape. Andréhn-Schiptjenko is pleased to present Carin Ellberg’s new solo Following the landscape (sketch above). The exhibition is Carin Ellberg’s fifth at the gallery and the opening takes place on Thursday, January 15th 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. in the joint opening of all the Norrtull galleries.

The point of departure of Carin Ellberg’s art is often waywardly constructed pictorial worlds, sometimes with motifs found in the home and the worlds of imagination of children. Her artistry is characterized by a unique exploration of not only shapes and ideas, but also of disparate materials such as coffee, silicone, tights and clothes. Her process is a flow of ideas and thoughts in an ongoing and unfinished transformation, and the “landscape” in the title can be interpreted as both a classical landscape, a pop cultural media landscape and as a mental flow of associations, where the obvious and the unconscious merge and where meanings and ideas are felt but are continually unreachable.

The exhibition consists of paintings as well as sculptures, which interact in a site specific installation. The paintings are transformed into sculptural objects occupying the room and approaching the sculptures. The walls are transformed into something else; it is unclear into what, a new wall, a painting, sculpture or an installation.

During the last years, Carin Ellberg has had solo shows at Verkligheten, Umeå, Sweden, Aka Institute of Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia and at the gallery Ileana Tounta, Athens, Greece and has participated in group shows at the Swedish museums Alma Löv museum, Östra Ämtervik, Malmö Konstmuseum, Mjellby konstmuseum, Kulturhuset Stockholm, and at the State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. In 2005 she was awarded the sculpture prize Stora Skulpturpriset by Friends of Moderna Museet.

Please contact the gallery for more information and images. The exhibition runs through February 15th. The gallery is open Tuesday-Friday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 12 noon - 4 p.m.

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Lars Nilsson @ Milliken Gallery

Lee Ronaldo @ Magasin 3

"iloveyouihateyou"
LEAH SINGER & LEE RANALDO
Gordon Matta-Clark, Terry Fox, Nancy Holt & Robert Smithson
7 FEBRUARI – 24 MAJ 2009

Half of what we do is to create little sparks that spur contemplation. If the work allows for that thoughtful contemplation when you’re sitting and letting this thing wash over you and if it’s triggering certain thoughts, just allow your mind to drift with it.

Lee Ranaldo, from the catalogue.

For more than a decade, the poet and musician Lee Ranaldo and the artist Leah Singer have been collaborating in multimedia performances. Lee Ranaldo is a founding member of Sonic Youth, Leah Singer is an artist, with film as her primary medium.

The exhibition "iloveyouihateyou" at Magasin 3 is based on an audiovisual work by Leah Singer and Lee Ranaldo. This work is an exploration of how image and sound interact, and will be staged both as a live performance and as an installation. Their performance work and installations combine a flow of images and sounds taken from everyday situations, moments that reveal the beauty of the ordinary and turn the commonplace into something extraordinary.

The exhibition also features three historic experimental films on the theme of “everyday existence” and the capacity to see the greatness in small things. The films are by Gordon Matta-Clark, Terry Fox, Nancy Holt & Robert Smithson.

Curator: Richard Julin

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Gunilla Klingberg @ Bonniers Konsthall

In spring 2009, Bonniers Konsthall presents a solo exhibition with Gunilla Klingberg, this year’s guest artist at Bonniers Konsthall. The exhibition will be the first major presentation of Klingberg’s work in Sweden. For the exhibition Klingberg has both created new works and re-developed older pieces in response to the space at the Konsthall - everything from sculptures and installations to wall paintings and projections.

Combining pattern images with sculptures and sound pieces, Gunilla Klingberg is perhaps best known for her characteristic patterns of recycled cut-price supermarket logotypes. The modest and mundane logotypes of Sparlivs and Lidl are transformed into seductively beautiful oriental patterns, while the logotype of Spar forms the foundation for a kaleidoscopic animation. In her work Brand New View, which covers 700 square metres of the Bonniers Konsthall’s glass façade, some ten different logotypes are interwoven into an entirely new design. The main gallery hosts Klingberg’s monumental installation Cosmic Matter. Composed of high scaffolding, tape and dreamcatchers, the work’s starting-point is the moon – both as a mythological symbol and as desirable booty for multinational companies.

Gunilla Klingberg is interested in contemporary consumer culture. Employing topical visual expressions, she juxtaposes consumerism with spirituality, low-budget design with Eastern imagery. By combining disparate features, she creates new meanings and new meetings between cultures, forms of expression and traditions.

By inviting a guest artist every year, Bonniers Konsthall enables the creation of new works. The artist is offered the opportunity to work on site in our guest studio and produce exhibitions exclusively for Bonniers Konsthall. Previous guest artists include Michael Beutler (2008), Monica Bonvicini (2007) and Gabriel Lester (2006).

Gunilla Klingberg
11 February - 12 April 2009

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Tabaimo @ Moderna Museet

Moderna Museet Now: Tabaimo

31 January - 19 April 2009

Curator: Lena Essling

Japanese artist Tabaimo has won acclaim for her captivating and sometimes disturbing animations. Her art is a merger of social satire and personal experiences. She primarily works with video installations, where the films are projected in a demarcated space, part room, part stage, which invites viewers to participate in and contribute to the work.

Tabaimo, or Ayako Tabata, was born 1975 in Hyogo, Japan, and is currently based in Nagano. Since her graduation from the Kyoto University of Art and Design in 1999 she has been featured in a large number of solo or group exhibitions. She participated in the triennial in Yokohama in 2001, and the biennials in Valencia in 2001, Sao Paulo in 2002 and Venice in 2007. She was first introduced to a Swedish audience in 2006 with the dance and video piece FURO by Tabaimo and choreographer Ohad Naharin, which had its first performance at The Jewish Theatre in Stockholm.

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Films chosen by Tabaimo

On Feb 3rd two films by Keiichi Tanaami and Shuji Terayama will be shown in the Cinema at 6 pm. This is the first event in a new film programme in connection with current exhibitions. Introdcution by curator Catrin Lundqvist. Admission free.