Klas Eriksson
Know your mother, were you e?
09 Jun - 20 Aug 2017
KLAS ERIKSSON
Know your mother, were you e?
9 June - 20 Augost 2017
In the summer of 2017 Göteborgs Konsthall presents "Know your mother where you were?", A big show with the artist Klas Eriksson. His interest in control, power and limitation takes its main expression through photo, painting, performance, video and sculpture. Eriksson's works defy the given and focus on something more unknown and uncertain and puts relationships at stake. It can be about different types of relationships within, for example, the art world or subcultures, or on a larger scale those relationships that create economic conditions or power structures in society.
The exhibition's title "Know your mother, were you?" Holds several stories. Is it a childhood memory - a little class on football game that shouts the ram to reduce adult resistance supporters? Or is it the honestly worrying phrase aimed at the youngster in the gutter, or the only child?
Eriksson often works to make his art create displacements that can be small, but that have a great effect. He questioned the concept of culture and the idea that culture is something that can be divided into high and low culture. Eriksson challenges the classic, and yet very common perception that there is a more valuable culture for a highly educated, middle middle class and a superficial wear and tear culture for the young and low-skilled.
Göteborg Konsthall believes that an important function in artistic activity is to challenge invasive concepts, question ideologies and given regulations. With Klas Eriksson's exhibition "Know Your Mother, Are You?" We want to highlight the contemporary state and aim at the possibilities of change, highlight other experiences and investigate the interaction in the public space. Eriksson's constant investigations of how the mechanisms of power manifest and sustained in public environments are unique in their kind - equally fearless as brave, both playful and serious at the same time. His work and artistic processes are important in an era of concern when strong voices require harder times, more order and greater control.
Biography
Klas Eriksson (born 1976) is educated at the Royal Academy of the Free Arts in Stockholm. He lives and works in Gothenburg, Sweden. Eriksson has exhibited nationally as well as internationally at several art institutions, including the Kalmar Art Museum, Project Hall Normans, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Telemark Art Center, Art Paris, Bologna Art Fair, The Bucharest Biennale 5 and the Copenhagen Art Festival. Klas Eriksson is represented by the Christian Larsen Gallery in Stockholm and Eduardo Secci Contemporary in Florence.
Know your mother, were you e?
9 June - 20 Augost 2017
In the summer of 2017 Göteborgs Konsthall presents "Know your mother where you were?", A big show with the artist Klas Eriksson. His interest in control, power and limitation takes its main expression through photo, painting, performance, video and sculpture. Eriksson's works defy the given and focus on something more unknown and uncertain and puts relationships at stake. It can be about different types of relationships within, for example, the art world or subcultures, or on a larger scale those relationships that create economic conditions or power structures in society.
The exhibition's title "Know your mother, were you?" Holds several stories. Is it a childhood memory - a little class on football game that shouts the ram to reduce adult resistance supporters? Or is it the honestly worrying phrase aimed at the youngster in the gutter, or the only child?
Eriksson often works to make his art create displacements that can be small, but that have a great effect. He questioned the concept of culture and the idea that culture is something that can be divided into high and low culture. Eriksson challenges the classic, and yet very common perception that there is a more valuable culture for a highly educated, middle middle class and a superficial wear and tear culture for the young and low-skilled.
Göteborg Konsthall believes that an important function in artistic activity is to challenge invasive concepts, question ideologies and given regulations. With Klas Eriksson's exhibition "Know Your Mother, Are You?" We want to highlight the contemporary state and aim at the possibilities of change, highlight other experiences and investigate the interaction in the public space. Eriksson's constant investigations of how the mechanisms of power manifest and sustained in public environments are unique in their kind - equally fearless as brave, both playful and serious at the same time. His work and artistic processes are important in an era of concern when strong voices require harder times, more order and greater control.
Biography
Klas Eriksson (born 1976) is educated at the Royal Academy of the Free Arts in Stockholm. He lives and works in Gothenburg, Sweden. Eriksson has exhibited nationally as well as internationally at several art institutions, including the Kalmar Art Museum, Project Hall Normans, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Telemark Art Center, Art Paris, Bologna Art Fair, The Bucharest Biennale 5 and the Copenhagen Art Festival. Klas Eriksson is represented by the Christian Larsen Gallery in Stockholm and Eduardo Secci Contemporary in Florence.