BETWIXT - SOFIA HULTÉN between KENDELL GEERS, GABRIEL OROZCO, JONATHAN MONK, COSIMA VON BONIN, PAUL CHAN and MONA HATOUM 27 SEPTEMBER –14 DECEMBER 2008
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From the press release: The exhibition encourages visitors to focus on the moment between impressions, before moving on from one work to the next. In these in-between spaces, Sofia Hultén has created a work that is integrated with the exhibition, together with works by Kendell Geers (South Africa), Gabriel Orozco (Mexico), Jonathan Monk (UK), Cosima von Bonin (Germany), Paul Chan (USA) and Mona Hatoum (UK/palestinian). These video works, sculptures and installations are all part of the collection of Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall and were created in the past two years.
"Sofia Hultén is one of the most exciting young artists on the European art scene. Her installation is a personal comment on works we have selected together from the Magasin 3 collection. The new work consists of a series of films and sculptures that can be compared to a detective investigation. It is featured between the other works and is based on doors, which are themselves in between rooms," explains Richard Julin, curator of the exhibition.
Download information sheet (PDF) about the works and the artists in the exhibition >
Cosima von Bonin
Cosima von Bonin was born 1962 in Mombasa, Kenya. She lives and works in Cologne. In the fall 2001, Magasin 3 presented the group exhibition "Free Port" where Cosima von Bonin participated with a site-specific work . More information >
Paul Chan
Paul Chan was born 1973 in Hong Kong. He lives and works in New York. In the fall 2006, Magasin 3 presented a solo exhibition with the artist where two of the first works of the series "The 7 Lights" were included. The exhibition curator Daniel Birnbaum described the series as " a meditation on a world falling apart". More information >
Kendell Geers
Kendell Geers was born in South Africa. In 1993, at the Venice Biennial, Kendell Geers changed his date of birth to MAY 1968. More about the artist >
Mona Hatoum
Mona Hatoum was born 1952. She lives and works in London and Berlin. In the fall 2004, Magasin 3 presented a solo exhibition with the artist including around 60 artworks, as well as a large-scale installation made specifically for Magasin 3. Mona Hatoum has exhibited widely in Europe, USA, and Canada. In 1995, she was nominated for the Turner Prize for her exhibitions at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1994) and at White Cube in London (1995). She was included in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennial that same year. The Swedish public knows Hatoum as a IASPIS resident (2001 and 2002) and through an exhibition at Uppsala konstmuseum in the fall of 2003 that focused mainly on her video work and photography. More information >
Sofia Hultén
Sofia Hultén was born in 1972. She lives and works in Berlin and Birmingham. Her latest exhibitions are Mutual Annihilation, Künstlerhaus Bremen (2008) Auflösung, Skulpturenpark Berlin Zentrum, Berlin (2008), Preparations For Uncertain Doom, Galerie Adler Videospace, New York (2007). In 2007, she was awarded a IASPIS studio grant in Stockholm, and in 1998/98 she won the DAAD scholarship in Berlin.
More information >
Jonathan Monk
Jonathan Monk was born 1969 in Leicester, England. He lives and works in Berlin.
Read more about the artist in Frieze > or in an interview by the artist David Shrigley >
Gabriel Orozco
Gabriel Orozco was born 1962 in Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. He lives and works in Paris, New York and Mexico City. Orozco has participated in the Venice Biennial (1993, 2003 and 2005), the Whitney Biennial (1995 and 1997), Documenta X (1997) and Documenta XI (2002). More information >
CONTENTS:
Prologue by David Neuman, director Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
Essay for
Exhibition Catalogue no 39 by Tessa Praun, curator
WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION
Cosima von Bonin
"Deprionen, a voyage to the sea", 2006
cotton, linen, 319 x 357 cm
"Seasons in the abyss", 2006
Mixed media, 2 x 2 m (podium)
Paul Chan
"5th Light", 2007
Digital video projection, 12 min. loop, dimensions variable
Kendell Geers
"Fucking Wonderland" (Oval), 2007
Mixed media, 255 x 145 cm
"Kannibale (Marcel Duchamp) 11", 2007
Ink on paper, 11, 102 x 66 cm
"Kannibale (Madonna) 11", 2007
Ink on paper, 11, 102 x 66 cm
"Kannibale (Francis Picabia) 10", 2007
Ink on paper, 10, 102 x 66 cm
Mona Hatoum
"Nature morte aux grenades", 2006-07
Installation with crystal, soft steel, rubber, 95 x 208 x 70 cm
Sofia Hultén
"Re re re re re", 2008
Four video films on four monitors, 8-12 min. loop
Five sculptures, wood and mixed media
Jonathan Monk
"Light", 2006-07
Installation installation with laser projection, fog machine, plywood, cowboy hat, bowler hat, silver gelatin print, plastic bag of Granny Smith apples
"So let us now begin at the beginning", 1999-2006
white neon sign mounted on clear plexiglass, 16 x 77 x 7,5 cm
Gabriel Orozco
"Samuraď Tree Animation", 2007
Video projection, 22 min. loop, 55 x 55 cm
Installation view
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Installation view
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Sofia Hultén, "Re re re re re" (installation view), 2008
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Sofia Hultén, "Re re re re re" (still from video), 2008
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Gabriel Orozco, "Samuraď Tree Animation", 2007
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Kendell Geers, "Fucking Wonderland", (Oval), 2007
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Kendell Geers, "Kannibale (Madonna) 11", 2007
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Jonathan Monk,
"Light" (detail), 2006-07
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Paul Chan,
"5th Light", 2007
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Mona Hatoum,
"Nature morte aux grenades", 2006-07
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Cosima von Bonin,
"Seasons in the abyss", 2006
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Cosima von Bonin,
"Seasons in the abyss" (detail), 2006
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Cosima von Bonin, "Deprionen, a voyage to the sea", 2006
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Kendell Geers, "Kannibale (Marcel Duchamp) 11", 2007
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Kendell Geers, "Kannibale (Francis Picabia) 10", 2007
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ARTIST TALK AT MAGASIN 3 STOCKHOLM KONSTHALL
A conversation between Sofia Hultén and chief curator Richard Julin in conjunction with the opening.
September 27, 3pm. Free entrance.
Artist talk with Jonathan Monk. Chief Curator Richard Julin meets Jonathan Monk over a conversation about a conversation. Monk has been called anything from artistic vampire to court jester in his mixing of high and low and harnessing of artistic legacy to serve the personal. November 13 at 7pm. Free entrance.
COLLABORATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXHIBITION
The Heart-Lung Foundation, http://www.hjart-lungfonden.se/
The French Embassy, http://www.ambafrance-se.org/
The French Institute, http://franskainstitutet.thalasoft.com/
PRESS CLIPPINGS (in Swedish)
Birgitta Rubin's interview published in Dagens Nyheter 2007-02-06
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=614322
Clemens Poellinger's interview published in Svenska Dagbladet 2007-02-08
http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/kultur/did_14583128.asp
Cristina Karlstam's review published in Upsala Nya Tidning 2007-02-10
http://www2.unt.se/avd/1,1786,MC=5-AV_ID=578856,00.html
Towe Matre's feature, broadcasted by Radio P1, Studio 1
http://www.sr.se/webbradio
Cecilia Blomberg's review broadcasted by Radio P1, Kulturnytt
http://www.sr.se/webbradio
