Fredrik Söderberg & Carl Larsson
11 Apr - 08 Jun 2008
FREDRIK SÖDERBERG & CARL LARSSON
11 APRIL – 8 JUNE
"I'm not interested in function and logic. I want to achieve transcendence."
Fredrik Söderberg
"So it’s angels and halos, flowers and the Swedish flag. I don’t deny myself anything. It is simply delightful for a poor old sceptic like myself to revel in symbols, faith and beauty."
Carl Larsson
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall presents an exhibition where the contemporary artist Fredrik Söderberg (f. 1972) meets the giant of the Swedish artistic canon, Carl Larsson (1853-1919). Fredrik Söderberg’s paintings encompassing the magical, fantastical and enchanting are a blend of historical references and contemporary cultural codes. Carl Larsson is one of these historical references. This exhibition includes a selection of illustrations and studies by Larsson that use the imagination as a point of departure. His whorl of ornamentation and the detailed drawings of knights and dark forests place him in a context of renewed interest for contemporary artists who, based in fairy tales and folklore, create their own idiosyncratic fantasy worlds.
Curator: Elisabeth Millqvist
11 APRIL – 8 JUNE
"I'm not interested in function and logic. I want to achieve transcendence."
Fredrik Söderberg
"So it’s angels and halos, flowers and the Swedish flag. I don’t deny myself anything. It is simply delightful for a poor old sceptic like myself to revel in symbols, faith and beauty."
Carl Larsson
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall presents an exhibition where the contemporary artist Fredrik Söderberg (f. 1972) meets the giant of the Swedish artistic canon, Carl Larsson (1853-1919). Fredrik Söderberg’s paintings encompassing the magical, fantastical and enchanting are a blend of historical references and contemporary cultural codes. Carl Larsson is one of these historical references. This exhibition includes a selection of illustrations and studies by Larsson that use the imagination as a point of departure. His whorl of ornamentation and the detailed drawings of knights and dark forests place him in a context of renewed interest for contemporary artists who, based in fairy tales and folklore, create their own idiosyncratic fantasy worlds.
Curator: Elisabeth Millqvist