Art in Focus: Edit Sihlberg
Edit Sihlberg’s paintings are usually based on something highly concrete: arrangements of vases and everyday objects, occasionally a drawing or a photograph. The result could have been a fairly traditional still life, had it not been for the distortions and reflections that are inserted into the pictures with mirrors, water surfaces and enlarged details.
In the painting Windowsill (2024), the sunflowers are multiplied through reflections in mirrors, vases and windows. The bouquet’s bright yellow lustre and deep green tones are accentuated by the snow-covered parking lot outside the studio window. The sunflowers are turned away from the spectator, restricting the colour chord into a triad of yellow, green and white. There is a subtle visual drama in the simple still life on the windowsill, a richness that only appears through the artist’s fully present, subjective mode of seeing.
Edit Sihlberg created the painting specifically for the exhibition I Follow the Sun, which is on display at Artipelag until January 5, 2025. Sihlberg will also participate in an Artist Talk alongside Clara Gesang-Gottowt on September 7 at 2 pm. The talk will be in Swedish and is included in the admission fee.