Through a mixture of materials, techniques and expression, Stockholm art offers a visual adventure where the distinctive features are more important than the similarities. The city of Stockholm began acquiring art more than a hundred years ago. It is one of Sweden’s largest art collections in public ownership, a collection that is constantly growing.
Today it consists of roughly 32,000 works and includes paintings, graphics, watercolours, drawings, photography, sculptures and objects. As a whole, the city’s art collection is exactly what it should be: sprawling, idiosyncratic, dynamic and independent. Sometimes it reflects current art trends. Sometimes it represents precisely that which deviates in some way. It is always marked by great art historical value as a witness of the times.
The common feature of the selection in the presentation at Liljevalchs+ is that the works were purchased during 2021–2022 and were created by artists active today. However, they come from different generations, create in different techniques and seek different expressions. In each other’s company, their artworks represent more peculiarities than similarities.
Participating artists are:
Anja Fredell, Annalena Törnström, Ayan Farah, Berit Lindfeldt, Cia Kanthi, Emma Jönsson, Eric Saline, Eva Grytt, Eva-Maria Ern, Fatima Moallim, Haidar Mahdi, Hans Isaksson, Jarl Ingvarsson, Katrin Westman, Klara Wiksten, Lenny Clarhäll, Lovisa Ringborg, Madhat Kakei, Maria Boij, Marianne Hall, Mats Adelman, Mats Bergsmeden, Olivia Pettersson Fleur, Olof Inger, Ragnar Persson, Susanne Gunnarson, Theo Ågren and Åsa Johansson.
