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Through Time and Space<\/em>, a conversation between Gunnel W\u00e5hlstrand & Bronwyn Griffith<\/p>\nGunnel Wa\u030ahlstrand had her breakthrough at her graduation exhibition at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm in 2003, and Magasin III has followed her ever since. Gunnel Wa\u030ahlstrand and Bronwyn Griffith, one of the curators of the exhibition, met in Stockholm on September 9, 2016 to talk about her education, her practice, and what direction her art is taking now. <\/em><\/p>\nSince most of your work has been inspired by family photos, let\u2019s begin at the beginning. When did you begin to have a stronger interest in creating art\u2014was it at a particular age?<\/strong>
I had heard the term artist. That my paternal grandmother had become an artist in her later years, and that my mom\u2019s grand- mother was an artist\u2014she\u2019d gone to Valand [Art Academy in Gothenburg]\u2014I\u2019d heard those sorts of things. And my maternal grandmother studied art history… so there was an interest. But where I grew up, there were no books about art.
Where did you grow up?<\/strong>
Bora\u030as. I was born in Uppsala, and then we moved down to Bora\u030as. My father died when I was one year old, and we stayed there for maybe two more years before moving south to be closer to family. We have a family place in Stro\u0308mstad, near the Norwegian coast, so we wanted to go over to that side. Summer is an incredibly important time for Swedes.
Where did you spend summers?<\/strong>
Stro\u0308mstad\u2014always, and it\u2019s still like that. It\u2019s synonymous with summer. My mom\u2019s parents lived there year-round, and all of the grandchildren and siblings visited. So it\u2019s kind of like a little village.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
And this was the first summer you were there with your daughter, Turid? What was that like?
<\/strong>It hasn\u2019t really sunken in yet, that she\u2019s really here … but maybe that will come later. Or maybe it was natural for the next generation to come. It\u2019s the most important place for me.
What did you like to do when you were a child?
<\/strong>I played by myself most of the time, and of course I drew a lot\u2014but not because I wanted to be an artist. That didn\u2019t occur to me. I mostly played make-believe, and I was incredibly self-sufficient; I took care of myself. I didn\u2019t need anyone to come and tell me what I should do and so on.
And when you went to the big cities? Did you go to museums?
<\/strong>We didn\u2019t travel anywhere. No. Art and music didn\u2019t exist. I found them later\u2014on my own. Wait, that\u2019s not true! Mom played folk music, so I hung out with folk musicians in traditional costumes.
And approximately how old were you when your interest in art was awakened?<\/strong>
I just remember that I wanted to become a makeup artist; that was my big dream. When I was in elementary school I planned to go to high school and then on to beauty school. But you know, I was going to paint faces\u2014so it\u2019s essentially the same thing.
Do you mean theater makeup or more like a beautician?<\/strong>
I wanted to be a makeup artist. But it was like I wanted access to beauty, I think, and not so much stage makeup. I spent a lot of time in front of the mirror, and I did makeup on others, changing looks and such. I was really <\/em>into that. I can\u2019t really remember how the impulse to start pursuing art began. Everything was always about getting into the next school. I didn\u2019t think I would have a career as an artist … it was just, wow, I really want to go to that school, I want to get in, I want to succeed, and so my whole life was just about pushing toward a goal. And then you just move the goal forward. 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