Meriç Algün Ringborg, ”A Work of Fiction”

Meriç Algün Ringborg
Meriç Algün Ringborg, A Work of Fiction, 2013. Image: Galerie Nordenhake.

Istanbul-born, Stockholm-based Meriç Algün Ringborg’s first solo show in her adopted city comprises three complementary components or approaches to displaying her eponymous ‘work of fiction’. More »

Carl Johan Högberg, Solo Exhibition

Carl Johan Högberg
Carl Johan Högberg, JJ, 2012, image: Christian Larsen

Carl Johan Högberg’s paintings seem to scan life’s panorama in a manner that suggests, at once, omnipotence and a sense of the absurd. More »

Leif Elggren, ”A Dormitory for Celebrities”

Leif Elggren
Leif Elggren, Bed, 2011, image: Galleri Niklas Belenius

Leif Elggren is unavoidable in Scandinavia: Not only is he known for his profound oeuvre of sound pieces and performances, his collaborative spirit (see his work with Thomas Liljenberg and their DIY initiative Firework Edition), and his insight into the absurdities of power and privilege but the artist also owns a specific style marked by his use of yellow and black, a color combination that he has claimed as his domain since 1977. More »

Virlani Hallberg, Solo Exhibition

Virlani Hallberg
Virlani Hallberg, Receding Triangular Square, 2012, image: Galleri Riis

Born in Jakarta, the Berlin- and Stockholm-based artist Virlani Hallberg draws attention to the boundaries between individual and collective trauma, and how violence affects individuals in a long-term fashion – sometimes hindering, other times transforming those involved. More »

Viktor Rosdahl, ”Outskirts”

Viktor Rosdahl
Viktor Rosdahl, The Wedding, 2013, image: Christian Larsen

In “Ytterstad / Outskirts” Viktor Rosdahl includes more human figures and visages than in previous exhibitions and employs a tone which seems more reverent than before. More »

Chris Burden, Solo Exhibition

Chris Burden
Chris Burden, B-Car, 1975, image: Magasin 3

Given that chris Burden has not shown at Magasin 3 since 1999, one might expect a more comprehensive exhibition than this. What one instead encounters is a focus on select pieces that express the American artist’s interest in personal freedom and man’s desire to move freely without constraints – making the impossible possible through sheer will. More »

Katarina Löfström, Solo Exhibition

Katarina Löfström, A Void, 2013, image: Katarina Löfström

In Katarina Löfström’s third solo exhibition at Andréhn-Schiptjenko, one is cajoled by both the comfort of repetition and sensory parameters related to any given reality. Perception, after all, is adaptable and even, at times, restrained. Human beings are able to train themselves to hone attractive skills and master talents through trial and error. More »

Ulrik Samuelson, ”After Nature”

Ulrik Samuelson, Installation View, 2013, image: Lars Bohman Gallery

Though this exhibition—an interplay between paintings, installation, and sculpture—is Ulrik Samuelson’s first at the gallery, the Swedish artist has for decades made work with a distinctive style that also characterizes his public commission at the Kungsträdgården metro station. More »

Thomas Broomé, ”The Guest”

Thomas Broomé, Shimmering Shadows, 2012, image: Galleri Magnus Karlsson

Partially inspired by a three-month residency in the summer of 2011 at Hammars, Ingmar Bergman’s isolated estate on the Swedish island Fårö, Thomas Broomé’s latest exhibition seems to walk in the iconic director’s footsteps, with works that celebrate and reveal the intimate dwelling, room by room, as it appears in the films Hour of the Wolf (1968) and Faithless (2000). More »