In the café the guests were served a bowl of green olives as a part of the art work Café de l’Olivier by the artist Jean-Luc Vilmouth. The work was installed in the café in conjunction with the exhibition Fleeing away from what bothers you most – a group exhibition with artists working in the Middle Eastern context.
In the course of the evening two films were presented in relation to the exhibition. The first was the documentary The Inner Tour, 2001 by Ra’anan Alexandrowicz. The film follows a group of Palestinians in a chartered bus during a three-day tour across Israel. This is their only chance to visit sites where their families once lived. The second film Knowledge is the Beginning, 2006 by Paul Smaczny, is a film about the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra initiated by the conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim together with the late academic Edward Said. The young musicians who play in the orchestra are from the Middle Eastern region, the aim is to promote understanding, patience and the curiosity to listen to the narrative of the other.
Dialogue with image traditions. John Currin – Jake & Dinos Chapman
Lecture by Karin Sidén, Ph. D., curator Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.The lecture used as a starting point the etchings from the series Disasters of War by the Chapman brothers which were on view together with works by John Currin at Magasin 3. Jake & Dinos Chapman refer to Goya’s work with the same title Los Desastres de la Guerra by adding to the original’s subject matter as well as mixing images of watchtowers, barbed wire and chimneys with elements of childish humour. As a curator at Nationalmuseum Karin Sidén is interested in combining classic and contemporary art and some of her previous exhibitions at Nationalmuseum include From El Greco to Dalì. Dialogue with Spanish painting (2003) and The Body. Art and Science (2005).
In collaboration with Iaspis a seminar was arranged on the topic of collections: In many public art institutions traditional core activities have been disregarded for some time. This even applies to collections, which in many cases have landed in the shadow of temporary exhibitions. Some of the questions posed were: What is the function of collections in present-day museums? Can they attract the public, in which case how? Have private collections now taken over some of the classic role of museums elsewhere in Europe as well? How does this affect how collections are assembled?
Participants: Charles Esche, Director Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; David Neuman, Director Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall. Moderator Maria Lind, Director Iaspis
Paul Chan talks to curator Daniel Birnbaum about the exhibition at Magasin 3, the upcoming presentation at Portikus and other future projects. The talk was held in conjunction with the opening of the exhibition.
For Kimsooja’s exhibition Dr. Uta Lauer, professor of East Asian Art History at the Stockholm University, held a lecture with the title Hidden Meaning – Symbolism in Traditional Korean Culture.
A film about Henry Darger by Jessica Yu: In the Realms of the Unreal, 2004 (83 min). The film was introduced in relation to Paul Chan’s work Happiness (Finally) After 35,000 Years of Civilization (After Henry Darger and Charles Fourier), 2000-2003, included in the exhibition at Magasin 3.
Paul Chan’s video portrait (17 mins) of Lynne Stewart, the American civil rights attorney.
Kimsooja’s most recent site-specific projects To Breathe – A Mirror Woman at Palacio de Cristal in Madrid (April – July 2006) and To Breathe/Respirare at Teatro La Fenice in Venice (January 2006).
Deputy Director and Chief Curator Richard Julin discusses painting with artists Kristina Jansson and Fredrik Söderberg in relation to the exhibition Anton Henning Too Much Skin, Taste and Turpentine.
Kristina Jansson (b. 1967) often uses a photograph, an image or the memory of a scene from a film, as a point of departure in her work. The medium of paint is of primary importance, and the painterly process combined with the conceptual message leads to variations in the style of each respective work according to the problems they adress. The spectator is spellbound by the dense, evocative and psychologically charged atmosphere conveyed by her images.
A graduate of the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm, she has also studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris (1998) and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (1994-5). She is represented in the Moderna Museet collection in Stockholm and in several prestigious national as well as international private collections, Kristina Jansson was awarded second prize by the Carnegie Art Award in 2010 and was also nominated for the award in 2008.
Fredrik Söderberg (b. 1972) is recognised for his complex and technically advanced paintings, where he uses meticulous detail and symmetry to convey intangible yet related subjects such as spiritualism, mysticism, esotericism and the occult. His images are engendered in situations where painting becomes a meditative process and, ultimately, an exploration of the unknown and ethereal.
Fredrik Söderberg lives and works in Stockholm. He studied at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design – Konstfack in 1995-2000, and at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm in 2002. His most recent solo exhibition was at the National Historical Museum in Stockholm in 2011. In 2010, he participated in the group exhibition Nordic Delight at the Swedish Institute in Paris, and also at Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall. In conjunction with our exhibition, his first book, Paintings 2008-2012, will be published, in association with Edda Förlag and Galleri Riis.
MoonSpoon Saloon’s new collection California will be shown at an extraordinary performance in conjunction with Magasin 3:s exhibition Old confused by Tal R.
After the performance Magasin 3 hosts a party at Allmänna Galleriet, upstairs.
DJs: Rollerboys
Exhibition opening of Old confused by Tal R on the same day, 5-8pm at Magasin 3. Read more at magasin3.com
The evening is presented by Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall and MoonSpoon Saloon with support by the Danish embassy in Stockholm.