Jakob Robertsson, "The Good Samaritan", Photo: Gustavsbergs konsthall

JAKOB ROBERTSSON
A moment in time
16 Oct 2010–9 Jan 2011

Jakob Robertsson’s ceramic art has many resonances. Stylistically it is often reminiscent of the direct and forceful imagery of comics but behind this seemingly light-hearted surface there is a deeply serious aspect. Death, Love, Bamse the little bear, those who are vulnerable and lonely – they have all played their parts in Jakob Robertsson’s art. For the exhibition at Gustavsbergs Konsthall he is working on a series of ceramic sculptures. He comments: “The exhibition will deal with what is good in life. Those events and instants of satisfaction that represent a sort of reprieve from all that is laborious or dull. The deep, genuine feelings and the positive side of being pathetic…”

A moment in time is Jakob Robertsson’s first solo exhibition since 2002. Many of us have been keenly awaiting his return to the Swedish crafts scene. We at Gustavsbergs Konsthall are delighted to be able to present this exhibition and we are greatly looking forward to the autumn when it will open.

Hanne Friis, "Layers", detalj, Photo: Vegar Moen

HANNE FRIIS
Layers
16 Oct 2010–9 Jan 2011

Hanne Friis uses a time-taking technique of needlework to sculpt her textile art. Somewhere in the space between organic irregularity and controlled rhythm her works find their final form. What can appear to have grown up out of itself simultaneously reveals fragments of everyday human culture like the fabric and the seams of what were once a pair of jeans. Her exhibition “Layers” was shown at Kunstnerforbundet in Olso in the spring of 2010. Selected items from that exhibition will now be on view at Gustavsbergs Konsthall.

Hanne Friis has been critically acclaimed in Norway and her work is now being shown in Sweden for the first time. We are pleased and proud to be able to introduce her work to the Swedish public.