galerie anhava
at ART 42 BASEL June 15th – 19th
Hall 2.1. Stand K16
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Jacob Dahlgren (born 1970, Sweden) uses everyday objects to make gaily coloured sculpture. He makes sculptures from IKEA clothes-hangers or a relief from disposable plastic cups. Dart boards and crispbread packaging turn into art in his mind and hands. All of them skillfully composed, reminding constructivist works playing with rhythm of form and colour. He carries on the tradition of modernism, reforming and refreshing it, and placing it in the present-day context.
Dahlgren has participated in many important international showings, such as the 52nd Venice Biennale and participated in exhibitions at P.S.1 and Kunstverein Hamburger Bahnhof. He has made several public works of art in Sweden.
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Matti Kujasalo (born 1946 in Finland) has been working consistently in concrete art over thirty years. The artist has developed a unique grammar of his own yet he continuously finds new areas of freedom within the self-imposed boundaries. With the usual reduction down to few colours Kujasalo achieves a surprising richness of form and variety in his compositions. His works also have a special lyrical tone and character that are rarely associated with constructivist art. They are also intellectually fascinating and challenging, and visually enjoyable.
Kujasalo’s works are included in the collections of museums such as the Albertina in Vienna, the Arithmeum in Bonn, the Forum Konkrete Kunst Museum in Erfurt, the Joseph Albers Museum in Bottorp, along with numerous private collections in Finland, Scandinavia, other European countries, and the United States.
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Vesa-Pekka Rannikko (born 1968, Finland) creates sculptural installations that confuse the viewing by mixing different representational devices. His works are at the same time three dimensional sculptures and images of these objects. By limiting his palette to black and white he stresses the work as image. The work can be seen as a documented situation in which abstract compositional elements carry narrative characteristics and change into figurative participants of a staged moment. Viewing of his works confronts the spectator with basic questions of representation.
Vesa-Pekka Rannikko will be Finland’s representative at the 54th Venice Biennial 2011. Recent solo exhibitions include Turku Art Museum, Finland (2010).
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Mari Sunna’s (born 1972 in Finland) paintings open up a meditative space inhabited by solitary figures that don’t reveal themselves completely or respond directly to the questions asked by the onlooker. Anonymous faces remain distant or mysterious to the viewer. Figures in motion, broken into fragments are even harder to capture. Allusive images depicting glimpses of moments or interrupted situations invite the viewer to complete the scene with his imagination.The figures emerge from the artist’s own memories, psychology and imagination and are coaxed into existence through solid brushstrokes, in a palette that is both sombre and vibrant.
Mari Sunna’s paintings have aroused a great deal of attention ever since her first showings. Recent solo exhibitions include: Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland; Turku Art Museum, Eskiltuna Art Museum (2008). Her works are included in the collections such as Deutsche Bank Collection, The Saatchi Collection and FRAC Franche-Comté Collection.
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