Swedish acquisitions

“Swedish acquisitions: Insights” introduces artists whose practices are intertwined with everyday existence; their works portray difficult life events, the importance of home and the road to healing.

In the exhibition, stacked firewood is a silent testimony to manual and mental labour. Another work conveys the artist’s feelings of gratitude and involuntary guilt in relation to an abortion. A figure dressed in reindeer fur and sneakers prompts reflections on the reindeer’s lost soul in the wake of the infamous Girjas case in 2020. Growing up and the changes that take place throughout life are manifested in a monumental sculpture made of assembled pieces of a birch.

The exhibition covers sculptural media, painting, film and photography, but also performances and social manifestations. Although the range of styles and media is wide, the works in the exhibition are linked by their earnest passion and courage to face the painful side of life.

“Swedish acquisitions: Insights” opens on 5 February and ends on 24 April 2022. Part two of the exhibition, “Swedish acquisitions: Matches” opens on 7 May and closes on 14 August 2022.

Curator: Asrin Haidari

Participating artists

Afrang Nordlöf Malekian, Astrid Svangren, Carola Grahn, Esse-Li Esselius, Fatima Moallim, Gabriella Ioannides, Gideonsson/Londré, Hans Lannér, Helena Lund Ek, Idun Baltzersen, Ikram Abdulkadir, Juan-Pedro Fabra Guemberena, Julia Bondesson, Jörgen Hammarberg, Kerstin Bergh, Kristina Eriksson, Lena Cronqvist, Margareta Hallek, Mats Wikström, Matts Leiderstam, Meira Ahmemulic, Mohammed Sami, Nina Bondeson, Olof Marsja, Oskar Hult, Patricio Salinas A, Patrick Nilsson, Peter Wallström, Petronella Petander, Sigrid Holmwood, Snežana Vučetić Bohm, Stina Siljing, Susanna Jablonski and Thomas Wågström.

Read more about the artists and their works: Participating artists