Therése Lundin
Therése Lundin's paintings depict simple scenes and figures describing states in which atmosphere and detail combine to capture the frozen moment. In much the same way as we can belong to something distant yet be frozen in our own time.
For Lundin, painting is a tool for introspection and a means of relating to the world around her and existence. In the paintings she exhibits at Bildmuseet, the artist explores the river and its nearby surroundings as a symbol of the transformation from culture to nature. It is a study of seclusion and fellowship, power and magic. Lundin writes:
The reconstruction of an image allows it to be at once foreign and familiar. That something violent and overwhelming can paralyse us, but also permit itself to be transfigured into an opportunity. To lose respect for something so that we do not have to stand powerless before it. To acknowledge that life is trifling and fleeting, but to refuse to know our place.
b. 1986, Stockholm, Sweden
Work
Vindeln
The Guide
Disguised as Birch
Oil on linen
Latest update: 2022-08-26