Exhibitions — Nextart Gallery & Editions

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“Notes on Things of Great Importance”- Lotte Fløe Christensen
Nextart Gallery & Bookshop
Opening October 12, 2012, 7-10 pm
Exhibition runs until November 4

Notes on Things of Great Importance.

How am I interested in meaning? I am interested in expressions in the search for meaning. The endeavor and the investigation; the experiment can be seen as rooms, where the action is directed towards sensemaking. You don’t know what your are looking for, what may occur, don’t know anything about the result. Nevertheless the actions are meaningful. Lotte Fløe Christensen

In the photographs and sculptures by Lotte Fløe Christensen, the continuous search for a meaning is a crucial ingredient. The triggering motive is not the final answer that the investigation could lead to, but rather the deconstruction in the act itself. Sticks, leaves and tree trunks form linguistic combinations, possible signs, which coexist in a never-ending stream of constructions.

In Notes on Things of Great Importance, which is shown at Nextart Gallery, the artist presents a collection of newly produced works created exclusively for this occasion. The collection consists of both photography and sculptural objects – the latter made of plastic. The nature exists inside the frames, but broadens and extends as often out in the room to form physical objects. A whole, that simultaneously reminds us of life’s limitations and fragility. The exhibition also presents “Construct” and “Still Life (Support)”, two photograps that appeared earlier this spring at the graduation exhibition of the Master Students in photography at Valand Academy . In these the interaction between nature and constructions made by human hand is depicted in a humorous and perceptive manner.

Lotte Fløe Christensen (born 1979, Denmark) graduated from the School of Photography, Gothenburg, spring 2012. Her work has previously been shown in group exhibitions as well as solo exhibitions, in cities like Vienna, Arles, Toronto, Århus and Glasgow. Earlier this year, she participated in Anagram at Fotografins Hus in Stockholm and Paper Match in Copenhagen.

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Sara Arvidsson on +46 (0)70 940 81 18 or sara@nextart.se

Date:
2012/10/08

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Exhibitions

Max Ronnersjö, #nofilter

10 oktober 2012 kl. 19-22

Instagram is a free photo-sharing program and social network that was launched in October 2010. The service enables users to take a photo, apply a digital filter to it, and then share it with other Instagram users they are connected to on the social network as well as on a variety of social networking services. Instagram currently has about 100 million registered users. A distinctive feature is that it confines photos to a square shape, similar to Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid images, in contrast to the 4:3 aspect ratio typically used by mobile device cameras. The digital filters and effects that can be used is often connected to outdated and nostalgic looks of photos, also imitating the look of Polaroid pictures. The user is also able to tag the shared photos with hashtags. Hashtags are words or phrases prefixed with the symbol #, a form of metadata tag, a way to categorize and connect each photo to other photos with the same tag. A hashtag that is often used when the user do not apply a filter is #nofilter, meaning that the photo is not edited before shared.

Date:
2012/10/06

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Exhibitions

Hans Hemmert, “Thought Bubble” (Exhibition Closed by DHL)

Photo: AnnaCarin Isaksson

Date:
2012/10/01

Category:
Exhibitions

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Date:
2012/09/22

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“Thought Bubble” – Hans Hemmert
Nextart Gallery & Bookshop
Opening on September 15, 2012, 12-16.
Exhibition runs until October 7.

Hemmerts giant balloon opens Nextart Gallery & Bookshop!

The Berlin-based artist Hans Hemmert’s works have been shown at many art venues around the world, including MOMA in New York and ICA in London. In 1992 he started and joined the artist collective Inges Idee – a group interested in art’s possiblities in the realm of public space. During 2010/11 Hemmert worked as a guest professor at Bauhaus Universität in Weimar. His production is characterized by a constant mixture of photography, sculpture and drawing.

The fascination with air and space is poignant and balloons have become a hallmark of his oeuvre. The balloons are often bright yellow and the artist interacts with them. When Hemmert is encapsulated in these balloon membranes, he performs different chores. He has also, in some extreme cases, smeared latex inside his own car or appartment. These events have been photographed, and some of these surreal images can be seen in our exhibition at Nextart. Our gallery will also be invaded by a giant balloon – an experiment full of surprises and risks.

Hans Hemmert’s work can be interpreted in metaphorically diverse ways. Moving into a bubble – a personal space – is necessary for all forms of creative expression. Right here, a wayward idea may manage to grow and take root. But what happens when the bubble devours everything and remains closed?

Nextart Gallery & Bookshop is a new initiative in the Gothenburg district Majorna. It’s initiated and run by artist Stefan Karlsson and art historian Sara Arvidsson. On Nextart both international and Swedish contemporary art will be displayed. The focus is on photography, which is free to cover the entire room and don’t necessarily adopt the framed image’s strict form. As a result of the founders’ extensive art book interest, one of the rooms is devoted to book sales. This idea also arose from the the fact that many young artists, perhaps most photographers, create and make artist books as an integral part of their oeuvre. In addition to exhibitions in the physical gallery, Karlsson and Arvidsson adds much energy on building an Internet-based platform, which follows and interacts with the endless flow of art and images we are witnessing today. The white cube is ruptured while being revitalized with its original relevance.

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Sara Arvidsson on +46 (0)70 940 81 18 or sara@nextart.se

Date:
2012/08/23

Category:
Exhibitions