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Black Iris - Explosive Vision

“Explosive Vision” takes place at Gasverket, designed by Ferdinand Boberg in 1903, a venue of both social and historical significance, inviting visitors to an exhibition where past and present intertwine.

The exhibition is a playful encounter between Black Iris’s wide-open pupil and the weathered Gas House, in an intoxicating, gas-powered blend of forward-looking visions resonating with the deteriorating surroundings. The industrial site is transformed into a laboratory for artistic experimentation and with gas as a catalyst the artworks reflect on altered states of mind and the impermanence of existence.

Previously, Gasverket served as a gathering place where Stockholm residents collected their gas tokens. Today, the Black Iris collective combines the site’s history with the contemporary art scene, resulting in a bold collision of old and new. From neon lights to the rhythmic hum of machinery, gas is an often-overlooked element of our environment. Like a ubiquitous and ephemeral gas, the artworks ignite fleeting moments and preserve them for eternity.

Featured artists are Maria Nordin, Gunilla Klingberg, Johan Thurfjell, Matthias van Arkel, Stefan Otto, Anneè Olofsson, Juan Pedro Fabra Guemberena, Anna Camner, Ulrika Sparre, Marcus Mårtenson, Julia Peirone, and Éva Mag.

Special Thanks to Stockholm Art Week, Samsung, Castellum, ArtMove, ISH, Erik Åström, and Peter Sellberg.

More info: stockholmartweek.se

The exhibition “Explosive Vision” at the Gas Works (May – June 2023) attracted over 2,000 visitors and received positive reviews and coverage in leading Swedish newspapers and art magazines.

 
Black Iris - Explosive Vision

Black Iris - Explosive Vision, Stockholm Art Week, Photographer: Sandra Myhrberg

Black Iris - Explosive Vision

Black Iris - Explosive Vision, Stockholm Art Week, Photographer: Sandra Myhrberg

SPOTLIGHT

Daniel Jensen's Bird Feeder exhibit is now showing at Björkholmen Gallery in Stockholm, Sweden. It's his fifth solo show with the gallery.

Daniel Jensen’s sculptures, paintings, and drawings explore issues related to fractal urban structure and detritus which witness our existence.

His broader artistic practice is allied with subjects like imperfection, failure, and transformation. The artist’s ”objet trouvé” alternate between the recognizable and the abstract where under esteemed perishable materials are assembled in poised and fragile compositions.

These works have a poetic and liberating non-hierarchal expression without the concept of any specific narrative, which constitutes changes in our perception of utility, lifespan, and status. His works are entwined and unconstrained, placing the viewer in an odd state of amusement, wonder, and contemplation.

More info: danieljensen.se

Daniel Jensen - Bird Feeder, Björkholmen Gallery

Daniel Jensen

Snapshots from Black Iris artists

Johan Thurfjell -The Hour of Meeting Evil Spirits (2022).

Animation, 19:40 min HD video (19:45 min), dyed linen, ash wood sizes variable.

Regardless of his choice of material or technique Thurfjell’s sculptures, paintings, video works, and installations show a visible enjoyment and dexterity in his handcraft.

 

Johan Thurfjell

The Hour of Meeting Evil Spirits (2022).
Japanese mythology is full of spirits. These could come in many guises and be both good and evil. The time of day when in the folkloric belief they were most prominent was dusk. In the dim blue light, after the sun had set but before the darkness of night had fallen, it was thought that the line between our world and the spirit world was at its thinnest. Then the spirits could come over into our world and we into theirs. This hour is called Omagatoki, which translated into English is The hour of meeting evil spirits. The film ‘The Hour of Meeting Evil Spirits’ is made up of around thirty digitally processed Japanese woodcuts from the early 19th century.

Julia Peirone’s installation ‘Squeaky Stardust’ (2023).

Videoloop and 68 small photographs.

Make up: Albin Rydholm
Modell: Siri

 

Julia Peirone

Julia Peirone’s installation ‘Squeaky Stardust’ (2023) features both a video work as well as a series of polaroid-like images. A heavily made-up model can be seen slowly turning around with music playing in the background. Reminiscent of a ballerina in a music box, she circles around and around. A female voice can be heard saying ‘smile’ and the girl complies over and over again. The camera flashes capturing her grimacing, and her makeup smears when she tears up. The attention from the unseen photographer becomes distressing while a toy squeaks covering any vocal expression from the protagonist.

Stefan Otto - Breathing Black and White,

4K video loop, 5 minutes, 15 seconds, 2019

 

Stefan Otto

”I had an idea for a claustrophobic room that seemed to breathe. As if the room itself was struggling for air. I imagined it belonging to an unpleasant person, someone who thinks in absolutes; right and wrong, true or false, black and white... no in-betweens.” - Stefan Otto