EARTH MATTERS – WHEN NATURAL & CREATIVE FORCES MEET

Artipelag has invited curators Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano to make the first contemporary design exhibition in the art hall. The exhibition EARTH MATTERS alerts us to consider how we over-consume Earth’s resources, but also celebrates the beauty of our planet.

Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano.

For too long we have ruthlessly consumed our Earth’s assets and drained it of its resources. Forests become furniture, oceans are polluted and minerals are over-mined. For future generations it is crucial to consider a new reflection: a transformation from over-consumption towards sustainable development that is in harmony with nature, with increased respect for our environment and for each other.

Exhibiting contemporary design and its processes for the first time, Artipelag has invited curators Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano to create a thought-provoking show that directly connects with this subject matter and museum’s meteorological site in Stockholm’s idyllic archipelago. As Edelkoort explains, ”This young century has brought about a moment of reflection and radical change, making up for a century of ecological abuse, consumption, greed and violence. For the first time, a post-fossil society is emerging, using natural ingredients, offering alternatives and giving us hope for the future.”

Areas such as design, art, photography, food and fashion are increasingly driven by a new creative energy that is inspired by natural materials and sustainability. From land to sea, from forest to mountain, a wealth of ideas sprout from the Earth, analyzing and cataloguing its components: transformed into new materials, recycled remnants, oxidized alloys and vegetal colors.

The exhibition EARTH MATTERS alerts us to consider how we over-consume Earth’s resources, but also celebrates the beauty of our planet.

ABOUT LI EDELKOORT

Lidewij (Li) Edelkoort is one of the world’s most renowned trend forecasters; she is also a curator, trend analyst, curator, publisher and educator. Examining the connection between art, design, fashion and consumer culture, she is a pioneer of the trend forecasting profession and offers lifestyle analyses for the world´s leading brands. Along with co-curator Philip Fimmano, Edelkoort Exhibitions creates dynamic design- exhibitions for international museums and institutions.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

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PRESS CONTACT Maria Rosén, maria.rosen@artipelag.se, Mobil: +46 72 244 22 38, Kontor: +46 8 570 130 21

TIME: 17 October 2014 – 6 January 2015

VENUE: Artipelag Art Gallery, Värmdö

ARTISTS: Mamma Andersson, Anastasia Ax, Carolina Falkholt, Jens Fänge, Clay Ketter, John Kørner, Nina Roos, Ulrik Samuelson, Astrid Sylwan and Sophie Tottie.

CURATORS: Bo Nilsson, Director, Jessica Höglund, Curator and Frida Andersson, Curator, Artipelag.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION: Barnett Newman’s expression “here and now” from his essay The Sublime is Now (1948) has been employed in a number of contexts in order to accentuate a sense of presence in the experience of art. For the exhibition at Artipelag, ten artists have been invited to create site-specific artworks in relation to the architecture of the exhibition space. It is in the spatial encounter between artwork and viewer that a dialogue arises, which Barnett Newman compared to a conversation between two persons.

CATALOGUE: In accordance with the exhibition’s site-specific character, the catalogue will be published during the course of the exhibition when the works have been photographed on site.

DIGITAL MATERIAL: In conjunction with the exhibition, the participating artists will be presented in brief video portraits.

PRESS PREVIEW: Welcome to the press preview on Thursday 16 October, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm.

The artists will be present and a light lunch will be served.

TRANSPORTATION: A free Artipelag bus leaves Vasagatan outside the Central Station at 10:30 am for Artipelag.

From Artipelag: 1:30 pm back to Vasagatan.

By car from Stockholm: The drive from central Stockholm takes approx. 20 minutes. Take road 222 towards Gustavsberg and follow the signs.

RSVP no later than 10 October to pressvisning@artipelag.se and please let us know if you wish to travel on the free bus.

PRESS IMAGES: Image in this press release: Ulrik Samuelson, oil on canvas, untitled.

Photo: Fredrik du Rietz

PRESS OFFICER: Maria Rosén: maria.rosen@artipelag.se

Mobile: +46 72 244 22 38 Office: +46 8 570 130 21

CURATORS: Bo Nilsson, Artistic Director, Magnus Jensner, Head Curator, Jessica Höglund and Frida Andersson, Assistant Curators.

ARTISTS: Rudolf Steiner, Joseph Beuys, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marcel Broodthaers, Elis Eriksson and Per Kirkeby (historical section). Bruce High Quality Foundation, Tacita Dean, Alejandro Guijarro, Christian Marclay, Josiah McElheny & Andrea Geyer, Tal R, Lars Siltberg and Gary Simmons (contemporary section).

EXHIBITION THEME: The blackboard is associated with learning but it is less known that the blackboard has been used by artists as a medium for knowledge throughout the modern era. Rudolf Steiner is a pioneer in using the blackboard as a pedagogical tool. Steiner’s ideas had many followers, not least Joseph Beuys who was the connecting link to contemporary artists such as Tacita Dean and Christian Marclay who have continued to work with the blackboard. It may seem peculiar that the blackboard has enjoyed a renaissance in contemporary art, not as a nostalgic trip back in time, but rather as a medium for knowledge that enters into dialogue with the audience, in the spirit of interactivity.

CATALOGUE: In conjunction with the exhibition, Artipelag will publish a richly illustrated catalogue with artist presentations, designed by Patric Leo.

PRESS PREVIEW: Welcome to the press preview on Thursday 10 October at 11am-1pm. A light lunch will be served.

PRESS IMAGES: Available för download at mynewsdesk.com/se/artipelag Installation images will be available at 12.00 am October 11 at the same adress.

PRESS OFFICER: Maria Rosén

maria.rosen@artipelag.se Mobile: +46 72 244 22 38 Office: +46 8 570 130 21

Time: May 25 – September 29, 2013

Place: Artipelag Konsthall, Värmdö

Curators: William Wegman Studio, Bo Nilsson, Director Artipelag Konsthall and Frida Andersson, Assistant Curator, Artipelag Konsthall.

About the exhibition: William Wegman is perhaps best known for his photographs of his Weimaraners and although this work is generously represented in the exhibition, Hello Nature explores the inspiration behind all of Wegman’s work. In addition to his photos, the exhibition also includes Wegman’s paintings, drawings, collages, and films, a highly personal investigations of nature and its meaning in our culture.

About the artist: William Wegman was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1943. He received a BFA degree in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, in 1965, and an MFA in painting and graphic arts from the University of Illinois in 1967. Today, he divides his time between New York and Maine.

Wegman’s art has been exhibited in museums and galleries all over the world. Recent exhibitions includeFunney/Strange, a retrospective which travelled to the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington. In the Nordic countries, a Wegman retrospective was presented in 1998 at Rooseum – Center for Contemporary Art in Malmö. The exhibition then travelled to Göteborg Art Museum, the Museum for Photography in Odense, and to KIASMA in Helsinki.

Wegman is also the author of many books including 13 books for children and the New York Times bestseller Puppies(1999). Together with his dogs Wegman has created projects for the National Geographic, the New Yorker, the Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live, Nickelodeon, and Sesame Street, where his films with the dogs have been shown since 1989. Wegman’s film The Hardly Boys in Hardly Gold was shown at the Sundance Film Festival 1996.

Recently, Wegman collaborated with Acne Studios to photograph their spring 2013 collection.

William Wegman has received countless awards and grants, including the New York Foundation for the Arts Honor, two Guggenheim Fellowships, and two National Endowment for the Arts grants.

A Field Guide will be published in connection with the exhibition, with Wegman’s own texts based on recreation guides and illustrated books on nature from his childhood.

Catalogue: William Wegman – Hello Nature will be accompanied by and extensively illustrated 176-page catalogue published by DelMonico Books-Prestel. The catalogue design embodies the artist´s aesthetic nostalgia, even incorporating some of his source materials.

Press meeting: Welcome to a press meeting on Friday May 24, 11am-1pm.Mr Wegman will be present, and in the company with the artist we invite you to a light lunch.

Artipelag bus 10.30am from Vasagatan, outside the Central Station to Artipelag.
From Artipelag: 1.30pm to Vasagatan.

Car from Stockholm: 20 min. from central Stockholm. Road 222 to Gustavsberg and follow the signs.

By 20 May to pressvisning@artipelag.se 

Maria Rosén

E-mail: maria.rosen@artipelag.se
Mobile: + 46 72 244 22 38
Phone: +46 8 570 130 21

Summer’s Design Exhibition at Artipelag

On display in the Artbox 14 June – 21 August 2013 at Artipelag art hall, Värmdö

Curator: Staffan Bengtsson

Staffan Bengtsson is also a known TV producer of form-design programs such as K-Märkt and Bästa Formen on Sveriges Television. Most recently, he produced a K Special on new Norwegian architecture and he is currently the chief editor of the design magazine BRUNO.

Designers and architects have traditionally been inspired by nature and used wood as an important design material. Amongst Swedish designers, the popularity of wood has waxed and waned over time – culminating in the hysterical 1970s pine mania, when every kitchen table was made of a thick solid wood top and untreated pine was the finest one could have. Then, for a long period of time, wood became just about banned by designers. Pine-haters took over. But now, in the wake of ecological and environmental awareness, the woods have become house-trained and trendy again and designers – not just in Sweden but everywhere – have taken wood to new heights.

In Artipelag’s nearly 13,000 sq ft large Artbox, we let the woods into the drawing room, mix the high with the low, house with milking stool, boats with playhouses, and particleboard with hardwood. The exhibition features design objects from both relatively well-established Swedish designers in wood – such as Folkform and Jens Fager – to new, innovative rookies that have just finished their education at Konstfack (College of Arts) and Carl Malmstensskolan (Carl Malmsten’s School). Half of the designers included in the exhibition are women – a noteworthy achievement in an area of design that is otherwise normally male-dominated to the extreme.

Premiere showing of the world’s smallest house in wood, designed by Daniel Franzén.

Objects by John Kandell, who is possibly Sweden’s foremost furniture sculpture of all time, will be shown for the first time in a separate retrospective.

During summer, visitors can book a night’s stay in a tree hut – a temporary hotel room in the woods at Artipelag – designed by architects Kerstin Bernow and Andreas Wallin.

On Saturday 15 June, Cecilia Cronelid will show her “Building Pieces” where she and visitors both big and small will try to build their own unique objects in wood.

Exhibition participants:

Åke Axelsson, Sara Barazande, Pia Besell, Jonas Bohlin, Cecilia Cronelid, Lukas Dahlén, Matilda Dahlquist, Jens Fager, Lies-Marie Hoffman, Folkform, Form U W Love, Daniel Franzén, Front, Julia Gamborg Nielsen, Anki Gneib, HAGS, Theresa Harmanen, Lisa Hilland,Staffan Holm, John Kandell, Karlsson & Björk, Anna Kraitz, Johan Lindsten, Charlie Styrbjörn Nilsson, o4i, Emma Olbers, Gustav Person, Thomas Sandell, Snickeriet/Karin Wallenbeck & Karl-Johan Hjerling, Lars Stensö, Daniel Svahn, TAF/Mattias Stålhbom, Mats Theselius, UglyCute

Watch the film:

Interview with Lars Stensö
Interview with Sven Lundh från Källemo om mötet med John Kandell:
Interview with Lies-Marie Hoffman:

Catalogue: In connection with the One, Two, Tree! exhibition, a catalogue will be produced and sold. 252 pages, richly illustrated limited edition.

Press Showing: Welcome to the press showing Thursday 13 June, 11 a.m. – 1p.m.

We will be offering a light lunch.

Transportation to Artipelag: Free Artipelag bus departs at. 10:30 a.m. from Vasagatan outside of Central Station.

Transportation from Artipelag departs at 1:30 p.m. to Vasagatan.

By car from Stockholm: the car drive from central Stockholm takes about 20 minutes. Take route 222 towards Gustavsberg and follow the signs.

RSVP by 11 June to pressvisning@artipelag.se

ATTN! Let us know if you will be travelling on our bus!

MARIA ROSÉN
MARKETING & PRESS

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8 March – 12 May, 2013

The spring exhibition at Artipelag will be with Poul Gernes and Cosima von Bonin. Their mutual history started at Kunstverein Hamburg in 2001, when von Bonin showed a work by Gernes together with her own work under the heading Bruder Poul Sticht in See (Brother Poul Goes to See). Since then, a dialogue between these two artistries has been going on, where the perspective continuously is shifted, and where it can be difficult to code who is the main character and who is the sidekick. The purpose of the Artipelag exhibition is to once again bring together works by the two artists, to further deepen the dialogue.

We would like to show how themes from the idea based art of the 1960s today are reused, reworked, and further challenged, to create a new and upgraded view on modernism, where feminism, collectivism, and mass cultural references create new possibilities for art.

The exhibition comprises a large number of works by the Danish artist Poul Gernes (1925-96,) from the 1960s until he died, while the works by Cosima von Bonin (1964) are from the last three years.

Artists: Poul Gernes (1925-1996), Cosima von Bonin (1964)
Curator: Bo Nilsson
Assistant Curators: Frida Andersson and Magnus Jensner

Catalogue: In connection with the exhibition a richly illustrated catalogue with texts by Bo Nilsson, Magnus Jensner, Anders Krüger, and Laura Cottingham will be published. Design is by Matilda Plöjel.
Pressrelease: Thursday 7 March, 11am-1pm, followed by a light lunch.
Transport: Artipelag bus 10.30am from Vasagatan, just outside the Central Station to Artipelag.
From Artipelag: 1.30pm to Vasagatan. Car from Stockholm: Appr. 20 min. from central Stockholm. Take road 222 to Gustavsberg and follow the signs.

Press images are available for downloading

RSVP Monday 4 March to pressansvarig@artipelag.se

For more information, please contact press contact Maria Rosén maria.rosen@artipelag.se +46 72 244 22 38

Enlightened, Artipelag Konsthall’s major autumn exhibition, comprises selected works featuring electric light by some of the world’s most influential artists. The exhibition is a visual and intellectual voyage through the art of the 1960s to the present day, and an impressive display of various lighting techniques.

In the 1960s, the concept of art was expanded in different ways and came to encompass all types of materials. Light bulbs and fluorescent lights became media that today are part of art’s repertoire. Enlightened is an attempt to demonstrate this shift, from the 1960s to the present day, utilising selected, central artworks. Light is here given physical form and is employed to expand the spatiality of the art gallery. The light should interact with the viewer but it should also be regarded on a conceptual level. It often gives expression to political, ideological and social ideas, which exist in parallel with artistic concepts. In this way, one can refer to early predecessors and, at the same time, create entirely new expressions.

ENLIGHTENED

– Electric Light as the Fairy of Art

27 October 2012 – 20 January 2013

Press preview: Thursday 25 October at 11am – 1pm, including a light lunch.

CURATOR: Bo Nilsson, Artistic Director, Artipelag Konsthall

ASSISTANT CURATORS: Frida Andersson, Jessica Höglund and Magnus Jensner.

ARTISTS: Christian Andersson, Christian Boltanski, Joseph Beuys, Monica Bonvicini, Angela Bulloch, Tracey Emin, Spencer Finch, Dan Flavin, Sylvie Fleury, Felix González-Torres, Hans Haacke, Mona Hatoum, Jeppe Hein, Jenny Holzer, Joseph Kosuth, Annika Liljedahl, Bertrand Lavier, Mario Merz, Isamu Noguchi, Otto Piene, Jason Rhoades, Günther Uecker and Dan Wolgers.

CATALOGUE: A richly illustrated catalogue will be published in conjunction with the exhibition, designed by Ida Wessel, BankerWessel.

PRESS IMAGES: Press images available for download

PRESS CONTACT: Samuel Lind, samuel.lind@artipelag.se, +46 72 244 22 37

RSVP NO LATER THAN 24 OCTOBER TO pressvisning@artipelag.se

Candida Höfer is one of the foremost representatives of contemporary photographers. This is the first time that her artwork will be shown in Sweden in a large exhibition. The exhibition includes about 100 works spanning from 1968 up until today. Below, the artist describes the exhibit in her own words:

”The exhibition is an invitation to follow an exercise of self-examination: I attempt to identifiy – across time, across sets of motives and across the presentation forms used – common denominators of the visual memory that is guiding me.”

Candida Höfer

EXHIBITION: Candida Höfer, Affinities/Affinitäten/Affiniteter

WHERE: Artipelag Art Hall, Hålludden, Värmdö

WHEN: 1 July – 28 October 2012

CURATOR:

Bo Nilsson, Director, Artipelag and Frida Andersson, Assistant Curator

ARTIST’S BIOGRAPHY:

Candida Höfer was born in 1944 in Eberswalde, Germany. She was educated at the Düsseldorf Art Academy where she first studied film under Ole John and thereafter photography under Bernd and Hilla Becher. Candida Höfer’s work has been shown in solo exhibitions at museums such as Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Bern, Portikus in Frankfurt, and at the Hamburger Kunsthalle. In 2012, she took part in the renowned Dokumenta 11 exhibition at Kassel, Germany. In 2003, she represented (together with Martin Kippenberger) Germany at the world famous Venice Biennial art exhibition in Italy (Biennale di Venezia). Candida Höfer is represented at several of the world’s most important museums such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm. Candida Höfer currently lives in Cologne, Germany.

CATALOGUE:

In conjunction with the exhibition, a richly illustrated catalogue with text by Prof. Dr. Friedrich Wolfram Heubach is being published. The catalogue is designed by Very in Frankfurt am Main (Alexandra Papadopoulou, Nathalie Landenberger and Marie Schoppmann), and was produced in collaboration with Schirmer/Mosel, which distributes the catalogue outside of Artipelag.

PRESS VIEWING:

Friday 29 June at 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. We will be offering a light lunch.

RSVP: to Samuel Lind at: samuel.lind@artipelag.se before Tuesday 26/6. Images can be obtained here.

TRANSPORTATION:

Boat: M/S Gurli departs from Nykrokajen dock, by Dramaten (the Royal Dramatic Theatre), at 09:30 a.m. and arrives at Artipelag at 10:55 a.m. Price: 150 SEK one-way, or 200 SEK return.

Bus: buses depart from Vasagatan, opposite the Stockholm Tourist Centre, at 09:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Travel time: about 30 minutes. Price: 50 SEK one-way.

The first ground was broken over two years ago. Now Artipelag has opened to the public. The opening exhibition – Platsens Själ (Genius Loci) – is an attempt to articulate Artipelag’s unique blend of nature and architecture in artistic form. The exhibition runs until 30 September.

Artipelag’s Art Hall will offer boundary-crossing exhibitions of classical, modern, and contemporary art, and their interface and relation with craft and design. The art operations include a large art hall of about 11,000 square feet with large windows facing the water. In addition, there are four smaller exhibition halls designed where slanting walls welcome the visitor. The rooms in the Art Hall are situated facing north, which offers lovely lighting for the exhibited artworks. Simultaneously, the rooms fulfil the latest requirements concerning climate, safety, and function for the exhibition of art.

Artipelag also has a 13,000 square-foot Artbox with a 39-foot high ceiling. Here in the Artbox, cultural activities such as art exhibitions, opera performances, TV-recording/ broadcasting, and banquets, can take place with an audience of up to 1,000 guests.

During opening week, the Royal Opera will perform a newly written version of a Bengt Emil Johnson libretto by composer Anders Eliasson. Opera singer Lena Hoel will perform “Karolina’s Sleep” along with musicians from the Royal Orchestra. In conjunction with Karolina’s Sleep, glass artworks by Bertil Vallien will be on display.

For more information, please visit artipelag.se, or contact:

Maria Rosén, maria.rosen@artipelag.se, mob: +46 72 244 22 38