GUNNEL WÅHLSTRAND - paintings from the Collection
30 SEPTEMBER–17 DECEMBER 2006
The procedure is like that of developing photographs - the slow process is a way of further enhancing the memory.
Gunnel Wåhlstrand, 2006 from the audio-guide
From the press release: Gunnel Wåhlstrand bases her work on her family's photo album. Time-consuming, large-scale, and with great precision,
she paints from photographs of her father's early childhood. The photographs show the west coast of Sweden,
interiors from the 1950s, a garden outside a house, often with posing family members. With ink and water she paints on paper measuring more than 200 x 150 cm.
In her final exhibition at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 2003, Gunnel Wåhlstrand presented six paintings that she had been working on daily for two years.
The director of Magasin 3, David Neuman, describes the encounter as "...one of those incredible experiences that you don't have that
many times in life. A student thesis exhibition that surpassed most of what I've seen over the past 20 years..." The paintings featured in the exhibition are
in the Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall Collection. Three of them are from the thesis exhibition in 2003 and one is from 2004, "Långedrag".
Gunnel Wåhlstrand. Born 1974, lives and works in Stockholm.
Gunnel Wåhlstrand bases her work on her family's photo album. Time-consuming, large-scale, and with great precision,
she paints from photographs of her father's early childhood. The photographs show the west coast of Sweden,
interiors from the 1950s, a garden outside a house, often with posing family members. With ink and water she paints on
paper measuring more than 200 x 150 cm. She herself has compared her method with the photographic development process,
saying that her work is "a way of further enhancing memory..."
In her final exhibition at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 2003, Gunnel Wåhlstrand presented six paintings that she
had been working on daily for two years.
The director of Magasin 3, David Neuman, describes the encounter as "...one of those incredible experiences that you don't have that
many times in life. A student thesis exhibition that surpassed most of what I've seen over the past 20 years..." The paintings featured in the exhibition are
in the Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall Collection. Three of them are from the thesis exhibition in 2003 and one is from 2004, "Långedrag".
Gunnel Wåhlstrand has been widely acknowledged for her paintings. She has been awarded grants by the Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation and
the Anna Lisa Thomsson Foundation (2003 and 2004). She was represented at The Armory Show in New York (2004), and the Spring Exhibition at
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm (2001 and 2002). She is currently working on a series of paintings extending her work based on photographic images.
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WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION
"Uppsala" 2003, ink-wash on paper
140 x 115 cm
"Instön", 2003, ink-wash on paper
195 x 150,5 cm
"Sydhälsö", 2003, ink-wash on paper
160 x 230 cm
"Långedrag", 2004, ink-wash on paper
209 x157 cm
"Sydhälsö", 2003
Photo: Björn Larsson |
"Uppsala", 2003
Photo: Björn Larsson
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"Långedrag", 2004
Photo: Björn Larsson
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"Instön", 2003
Photo: Björn Larsson
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Part 1: Interview with Gunnel Wåhlstrand, only in Swedish. Part two: 'Painting to music'.
© Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, 2006
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