Here we are now

The exhibition highlights the feeling of unease in a changing world, where the transformation of an order that is being disrupted is in focus. The uncanny, Unheimliche , is a state when the familiar becomes strange, and where what we thought we recognized is displaced and becomes something else. In a time when history unexpectedly reminds us, cracks arise in our understanding of the present. What lies hidden beneath the surface? What is it that we see – and what is it that we do not see?

In Here We Are Now, the exploration of the enigmatic and elusive continues through contemporary artists’ gaze on a world in constant change, where the boundary between the real and the unreal is constantly shifting. Here we encounter art that not only reflects the present, but also shifts our perception of it.

During the spring and summer of 2025, Here We Are Now will be shown in parallel with Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum’s major presentation of Dick Bengtsson, an artist whose work constantly moved in the ambiguous and multifaceted.

Participating artists:
Dimen Hama Abdulla, Karin Mamma Andersson, Lotta Antonsson, Tobias Bradford, Jasmin Daryani, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Cecilia Edefalk, Leif Elggren, Per Enoksson, Jens Fänge, Salad Hilowle, Charlotta Hammar, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Jakob Solgren Nordenskiöld and Henrik Samuelsson.