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Apostasy & A Tentative Quest for the Identical, by Anne Hamrin Simonsson and Johanna Karlin.
In an exploratory process where the artists AHS and JK have found a common perspective on questions such as time in the form of growth and dissolution, cyclical processes of birth-life-death, and the value of objects, the artists are now (again) turning their gaze to Öland and specifically to the old small-scale farming in Kläppinge 1:18, Karlins farm, which has become both home, production site, and exhibition space, as well as an ongoing artwork in itself. In two locations on the farm, in UNDANTAGET (an artistic project room) & STALLET (which is part of the barn), the artists carry out “movements” in their respective site-specific installations. This artistic dialogue and method were jointly utilized by both artists in the exhibition “The Ear to the Ground and the Gaze Outward” at Kalmar Art Museum 2023, in the Småland Triennale.
Depositions
Anne Hamrin Simonsson
In the two rooms of UNDANTAGET, primarily new works are displayed, complemented by sculptures from the installation “Under_Liv” that were produced for the exhibition at Kk. Objects including miniature figures, decorative items, and DNA-bearing materials such as chewing gum, nails, and hair are tested in new spatial settings.
An Awkward Pursuit of the Identical
Johanna Karlin
In STALLET, a site-specific intervention occurs with the sculpture/architecture “skiftesverket” which was produced for the installation “A Moment of Stillness” at Kk. The new “skiftesverket” is reconstructed in dialogue with the existing separating skiftesverket in the barn on the farm. Karlin’s multi-year project Kläppinge 1:18 received a work grant from Region Kalmar County in 2021. In 2023, Karlin received the 2-year work grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee and in 2024 the exhibition scholarship from the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts to work on the project Kläppinge 1:18 in a solo exhibition. UNDANTAGET has served as an artistic project room since 2016. There, Swedish and international artists have conducted solo, duo, and group exhibitions as well as readings.
Vernissage on Saturday, August 24 at 14:00 at UNDANTAGET & STALLET, Kläppinge 1:18 (Kläppingevägen 29, 387 95 Köpingsvik)
Open on weekends 24/8 - 29/9 from 14:00 - 16:00 or by appointment.
The exhibition is produced with support from the Småland Triennale, Art Promotion Småland, and Kalmar Art Museum. During the exhibition period, collaborations will take place with Öland Folk High School.
Photo: Anne Hamrin Simonsson