HANS ANDERSSON

25 MAY – 22 JUNE 2023
OPEN BY APPOINTMENT

”Earth is deserted and empty before us and we color it with our eyes like a coloring book,
after carving lines in its surface like a clay bowl, ready for the kiln.

Eyes on the earth, a kiln that burns
into place what was loose, kills what was alive.”

Alva Dahl

Welcome to the book release of HANS ANDERSSON, published by Art and Theory Publishing, at the gallery’s corner space Karlavägen 15, Thursday 25 May, 5-7 PM. The launch will be accompanied by new works by the artist, on display until 22 June.

A Special Edition of the book is available (ed. 25) including an artifact from the studio of Hans Andersson. Individually wrapped in a specially designed fabric by the Japanese artist Yuko Yukota and with a unique scent made by perfumer Johanna Venebles in dialogue with Hans Andersson.

Hans Andersson’s work involves materials such as textile scraps, colored and dyed paper, sheets of painted paper and bits of labels and fragments torn out of magazines. Add shellac, coffee grounds, watercolor, and pencil, not to mention dust and other surface dirt. The surface texture of the works is accentuated by the many materials they are created with. Hans Andersson’s process and work are undefined but characterized by discipline; periods of meditation and pondering alternate with indefinite and rigorous action; a balancing act between chance and necessity; between error and aesthetic considerations; long hours, seven days a week. His works turn into a kind of distillation of his interests: phenomenology and fragrances are brought together with sound art and Indian garden painting.

HANS ANDERSSON, born 1979 in Kalmar, Sweden, currently lives and works in Stockholm. Hans Andersson holds a MFA at Konstfack - University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, 2005. Hans Andersson’s work has been shown at LOKO Gallery, Tokyo; Revolver Gallery, Lima; Galeria F2, Madrid; Fenberger House, Nagano; The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm; Liljevalchs, Stockholm; Fullersta Gård, Stockholm; Galerie Forsblom, Stockholm and Helsinki; Angelika Knäpper Gallery, Stockholm, among others. Hans Andersson has received several art grants such as Gerhard Bonnier Exhibition Grant, the Helge Ax:son Johnson Grant, and the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s Working Grant and Travel Grant. Hans Andersson’s work is in the permanent collection of Malmö Konstmuseum; Ståhl Collection, Norrköping; The Public Art Agency Sweden; The Swedish Embassy, Beijing; Fenberger House, Nagano; among others. Public art commissions include Södertälje Hospital and Region Kalmar, Sweden.