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Mamma Andersson: Cupido, 2019.
Drypoint woodcut on Japanese Kozo paper 100g., 67 x 46 cm
The Swedish artist Mamma Andersson is one of her generation’s greatest painters with innumerable exhibitions behind her and representation in several of the world’s most important art collections. Andersson’s works take their starting point in the storytelling trades of painting. With inspiration from films, folklore, art historical predecessors, found photos, and the like, she places herself in an image cultural field from where one motive leads to the next and where the power of recognition is always present. Andersson’s stories are never the classic narrative. Rather, they are momentary stills, drawn from their context and with a mystical or absurd undercurrent.
Mamma Andersson (SE, 1962) lives and works in Stockholm. She studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm from 1986-1993. Mamma Andersson has exhibited her works at galleries and museums worldwide. In 2003, she represented Sweden at the Venice Biennale and in 2018, she functioned as both exhibiting artist and curator at the São Paulo Biennale. Her works are part of the collections at MoMA, US; MoCA, US; The National Gallery, N; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, DK; Moderna Museet, SE, and Magain III, SE. Mamma Andersson is represented by Gallery Magnus Karlsson, SE; Stephen Friedman Gallery, UK, and David Zwirner, US.
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