Måndagen 12e November, 17:00 -19:30 på Galleri LOD.
Välkommen till oss för ett informellt möte med konstnären Adi Toch. Hon kommer att berätta om sitt arbete och om tankarna bakom Shifting Space.
Samtalet hålls på engelska.
Vi serverar förfriskningar och lättare tilltugg. Fritt inträde, ingen anmälan.
Välkommen!
Meet the Artist
Artist talk by Adi Toch on Monday 12 November at Galleri LOD 17:00 – 19:30
Join us in the gallery for an informal opportunity to meet the metal artist Adi Toch and to find out more about her work and the ideas behind Shifting Space.
The artist talk will be held in English.
Light refreshments will be served. This event is free and drop-in.
”Upprepning och det kontemplativa i betraktandet av förhållandet mellan många delar som inte är helt lika.”
Jag söker det som gör det växtlikt. Det som bryter det perfekta. Det positiva kraftfulla växandet hos växtlivet i naturen. Rytmen som får det att kännas som att det kan växa vidare – trots att det är orörlig metall.”
Välkommen på vernissage torsdagen den 25:e oktober kl.16–19 på Galleri LOD. Vi bjuder in Stockholm med omnejd till ett möte med en av samtidens starkaste korpuskonstnärer. Med engagerande korpus ställer Adi ut på LOD. Vi har sedan länge följt Adis arbete och är nu otroligt glada över att kunna visa hennes föremål. Du har möjlighet att träffa Adi på vernissagen torsdagen den 25/10, boka datumet.
Utställningen pågår t.o.m. 17/11 2018.
Varmt välkomna!
Galleri LOD
Statement och kort bio: Adi Toch explores the visual language of metal through colour, movement, sound and tactility. She makes engaging objects that investigate the embodiment of vessels and containers. Beginning with a flat sheet, Adi forms and fabricates the metal into hollow forms. She creates unique surfaces through texturing, colouring and patination.
Her work is exhibited internationally and included in major public collections such as The Victoria and Albert museum in London, National Museums Scotland, National Museum of Wales and The Jewish Museum New York. Adi has won prestigious awards including a Gold Award from The Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council UK. In 2017, she was shortlisted for The Loewe Craft Prize and won a Wallpaper* Design Award.
Adi is a lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art, The Cass in London and Bezalel Academy of Arts in Jerusalem. She speaks regularly at conferences in the UK and internationally.
Klara Eriksson och Maki Okamoto visar sitt arbete i München, Tyskland. Utställningen är curerad av Karen Pontoppidan
– Vernissage den 16/1- 21/2 2015 på Bavarian Craft Association.
Här nedan följer Karen Pontoppidans tankar om ordet lagom och det urval hon gjort till utställningen, där Klara och Maki är i gott sällskap av andra skickliga samtida Svenska konsthantverkare.
LAGOMLAND
The Swedish word “lagom” would often be translated to ”moderate” in German. The meaning of “lagom” within the Swedish culture is however far more complex than the word “moderate” would suggests. The origin of the word comes from ”for the whole round,” meaning enough and the same amount for all, as it refers to the amount of food everyone can fairly claim for themselves. Lagom mentality is to my experience typical Swedish. ”For all” is a socially oriented concept that properly also can be found in the origins of IKEA and H&M, as well as in many aspects of the Swedish welfare state.
Whereas the minimalist design, material consciousness and clean lines in general have led Scandinavian Design to great popularity in Germany, it is often forgotten that also this approach is based on questioning of the given. The artists exhibiting their work in LAGOMLAND belong to a newer generation of Swedish crafts, which re-challenges and questions the concepts developed under the well-known umbrella of Scandinavian form.
Lagom consciously implemented as an attitude means, among other things, to develop a critical attitude to norms and traditions. Since consideration for all others, is a huge challenge, and rarely completely ascertainable, critical thinking is a key concept in securing the idea of “lagom”. Therefore artistic positions that are questioning the traditions and preconceptions are crucial for the cultural development, such as the work of 13 artists presented in the exhibition LAGOMLAND!
Karen Pontoppidan
Participants:
Zandra Ahl | Nicolas Cheng | Klara Eriksson | Linus Ersson |
Frida Hållander | Hanna Hedman | Simon Klenell |
Magnus Liljedahl | Anders Ljungberg | Lo Nylén | Maki Okamoto |
Miro Sazdic | David Taylor