Viktor J Fremling / Twins

25 april – 25 maj – Vernissage 25 april 18-20

Viktor J Fremling har med serien “Twins” vunnit pris i kategorin “Porträtt” i den prestigefyllda fototävlingen Årets Bild. Serien tog Viktor under en vistelse i Ohio med den världsberömda fotografen Martin Schoeller. Resan var en förlängning av Google Photography Prize som Viktor vann i fjol. Av 20 000 unga fotografer vann Viktor första priset och fick möjlighet att arbeta ihop med Martin Schoeller.

Viktor är utbildad på Nordens Fotoskola och tog sin examen i februari 2013. Under sin studietid har han blivit uppmärksammad internationellt via College Photographer of the Year och Google’s Photography Prize. Han har ställt ut på Saatchi Gallery i London, Fotografiska och hos oss på NAU Gallery i Stockholm.

Se samtliga verk i utställningen här!

Kenneth Bamberg and Kristofer Hedberg both explore and question traditional approaches, power and dominance through their art. NAU gallery is proud to present the artists in the exhibition Props for thought.

Recurring themes in Kenneth Bambergs (b.1981) work is the exploration of cultural constructions of masculinity where the tension lays in male characteristics that differ from the traditional ones. The driving force is the template that the artist himself felt that he was formed into already as a boy, including things that were expected of him within the confines of masculinity. The embellishment of nostalgic thinking about masculinity as an unbreakable ideal inspires Bamberg in his study, where he among other things has photographed sauna bathers, Japanese fishermen and Turkish wrestlers. In the exhibition displays Kenneth Bamberg his work Flowers, which is a collection of portraits of Shan-tribe boys undergoing a manhood ritual in northern Thailand. Dressed in bright colors and adorned with makeup, the boys mimic the young Prince Siddharta before he became Buddha. Charged with aesthetic values and free from physical trials, the purpose of the ritual is to show that the boys are becoming mature and responsible men.

Kristofer Hedberg (b. 1980) uses art as a method to process and express emotions and thoughts that arise through actions. In the form of sculptures and installations, the symbolic objects take a role of props for the artist’s own thoughts in a study of the human behavior. Authority, history and masculinity are recurring topics in Hedberg’s artistry, where submission becomes his driving force for an investigation of the various instruments that are used for prevailing power. Kristofer Hedberg displays an installation of two sculptures, which questions control, influences and the audience in a group. What happens in the transformation of power and the opportunity to ride on authority? Is it a game, revenge or abuse? Through the installation the artist hopes to involve the audience in the room where the question arises whether to cheer, observe or act.

JONAS ROOS / HEMLÄNGTAN
OPENING 10 FEBRUARY 5PM-8PM
NAU GALLERY / YOUNG ART
HUDIKSVALLSGATAN 4B, STOCKHOLM
16 FEBRURAY-17 MARCH

DYGNSTECKNING – NÄR MÖRKRET TRÄNGER SIG PÅ

PERFORMANCE AV REBECKA BEBBEN ANDERSSON

FRÅN KLOCKAN 12.00 LÖRDAG 9 FEBRUARI

TILL KLOCKAN 12.00 SÖNDAG 10 FEBRUARI

I det pågående projektet ”Nolli Sthlm”, kartlägger konstnären Rebecka Bebben Andersson den upplevda rörelsefriheten i Stockholm. Som en del av projektet utför Rebecka sin 24-timmarsperformance där hon tecknar hennes upplevelse och sinnebilder av hur en specifik plats förändras med mörkrets intrång.

”NOLLI STHLM” är en pågående och omfattande kartläggning över vem som äger våra allmänna platser i Stockholm. Rebecka Bebben Andersson har i 24 stycken Stockholms-teckningar och ett video-verk (som spelas på duken) skildrat hur utrymmet hon disponerar i staden växer och krymper under dygnets timmar.

“Nolli Sthlm” är ett pågående samarbete mellan konstnären och YOUNG ART. Young Art verkar för att sprida ung konst och vill att konst ska vara kul och lättillgängligt. Young Art presenterar den nya generationen konstnärer genom utställningar, projekt, uppdrag och förmedling.

REBECKA BEBBEN ANDERSSON (f. 1984) studerar masterprogrammet på KKH och Operascenografi på DI. Tidigare kandidat i arkitektur från KTH och kandidat i fri konst från KKH. Är assistent till Maria Miesenberger.

NOLLI-KARTAN

”Nolli Sthlm” har visats på NAU Gallery / Young Art i november 2012. Kartan som ligger till grund för projektets form heter Nolli-karta och används vid bland annat landskapsarkitektur för att visa på allmänna/öppna och stängda/privata platser som vita och svarta färgfält.

ARRIVALS / YOUNG ART / NAUGALLERY

HUDIKSVALLSGATAN 4B 113 30 STOCKHOLM

ARRIVALS.SE / YOUNGART.SE / NAUGALLERY.SE

We are opening 2013 in a real Young Art sprit, presenting a great mix of artists in our first group exhibition of the year.

Vernissage 10th of January 2013, between 18.00 – 20.00
The exhibition will be ongoing until 10th of February.

Welcome!

Young Art/ NAU gallery
Hudiksvallsgatan 4b
Stockholm

Open:
Wed-Fri: 12-18
Sat-Sun: 12-16

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Participating artists:

Erik Olovsson (1982) is an artist/designer based in Stockholm and a recent graduate of Konstfack MA Storytelling program. Olovsson originally studied Fine Art and Photography at Konstskolan in Stockholm and later Graphic Design at Berghs SOC. Olovsson’s work focuses on creating methods and systems in the image making. He often works with the relation between the human and nature.
In his works of photography he frequently uses walking as a method. He takes on unplanned walks through the city and lets its architecture and surroundings navigate him, with the goal of having new and genuine experiences by letting go. In the exhibition he will be showing the photographic series “From Västberga to Ulvsunda”.

Karl Henrik Edlund (1987) is a Swedish-speaking Finn photographer based in Stockholm.  Edlund is graduating from Nordens fotoskola Bisköps-Arnö in spring 2013 and has previously studied photography in Lofoten folkehøgskole in Norway and Novia, University of applied science in Finland. His interest for photography arose at age of 19 when he moved to Lofoten. The same year he also began his perennial book project “Yesterday Place” which was recognized by Scanpix Stipendium in 2010. In this exhibition at NAU gallery, Edlund is showing a selection of work from the series “Birds 12:16”.

Malin Gabriella Nordin (1988) studies her final year in Bachelor of Fine Art at Bergen National Academy of the Arts in Bergen, Norway. Previously she has studied at Pernby School of Painting in Stockholm. Malin Gabriella uses various techniques in her artistic work, including painting, sculpture, collage and drawings, searching for right material for each different piece. In the exhibition she will be showing parts of her earlier work; collages and porcelain sculptures.

Milena Karlsson (1987) is a graphic designer, illustrator and artists and a recent graduate of Bachelor in Design from the University of Design and Crafts in Gothenburg. Karlsson is fascinated by the relationship of the digital form and its accuracy and the bends or curves of reality, mixing both digital and analogue in her work. She will be showing two textile pieces from the series E-marbling; a screen-printed collage pieces built as a custom variant of marbling printed on fabric.

Rebecka Bebben Andersson (1984) studies Master in Fine Arts at The Royal Institution of Art in Stockholm as well as scenography at Stockholms Dramatiska Högskola. She has earlier studied architecture at KTH Royal Institution of Technology. Andersson had a previous solo exhibition “Nolli Sthlm” at Nau gallery in December but will now be presenting a collection of collages from her series “school photographs”.

Rebecka Bebben Andersson

NOLLI STHLM – En utställning om Stockholm och rörelsefrihet

Vernissage 15 nov 18-20. Utställningen pågår till 15 dec

naugallery.se / youngart.se Hudiksvallsg 4 b Stockholm

4.okt – 1.nov 2012, NAU gallery, Hudiksvallsgatan 4b

I ”Röknäsor, elefanter och regnbågar” attackerar Hanna Andersson (f.1987) och Joakim Ojanen (f. 1985) allas vårt arbete med att redigera och regissera bilden av oss själva. I ett identitetssökande skapar vi maskerna för att skydda vårt inre känsloliv med en önskan att förekomma omgivningens synande blickar och att aldrig någonsin behöver erfara sprickorna i en så annars vattentät fasad.

Hanna Andersson och Joakim Ojanen fokuserar båda på det visuella uttrycket och tillhör en generation uppkommen från undergroundkonsten – med en karaktärbaserad och psykedelisk stil. Deras verk är fantasifyllda, satiriska och dystopiska. Gemensamt i deras konstnärskap är att projicera mänsklig psykologi, instinkter och drivkrafter i fiktiva figurer och miljöer.

Hanna Andersson
2010-2012 MA Graphic Design & Illustration

Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design

2007-2010 BA Graphic Design, Beckman’s College of Design

2006-2007 Konstskolan i Stockholm

Joakim Ojanen

2012-2014 MA Graphic Design & Illustration

2009 – 2012 BA, Illustration & Grafisk Design, Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design

To celebrate the year of August Strindberg, Young Art presents an exhibition in collaboration with Berns that depicts on two cultural revolutionary phenomena of our time — the Internet and graffiti. The exhibition has a starting point in Strindbergs theory of natural creation, showing both light installations and traditional paintings. The opening is on the 31^st of October at Berns Asiatiska at 17.00 – 19.00.

2012 is the year of August Strindberg. For those who don´t know, Strindberg was a central person in his contemporaries — a cultural hub and a dynamo in Swedish cultural life — mostly known for his poets. Strindberg was in much sense ahead of this time, often finding himself in trouble of windy weather. Hundred years after his death, the artists Mathias Quisth and Thomas Hämén interpret the national poet’s artistry — with a starting point of the coincidental.

In an article “On Chance in Artistic Creation” from 1884, Strindberg writes that the coincidence has a significant role in the creative process. He reasons that his painterly process is characterized by intuition and coincidence with the intent to mimic nature´s way of creating. With reference to graffiti and digital visual culture the two artists, Thomas and Mathias, have created a suite of paintings that is completed with a light installation that captures the randomness of Strindberg´s theory of natural creation. The installation is site specific and uses the location of the great hall of Berns Asiatiska to create a light sculpture in a constant randomness of changes.

As a celebration of the year of Strindberg 2012, Young Art wants to invite you to join us at the opening of the exhibition at Berns, 31^st of October at 17.00 – 19.00. RSVP to vernissage@berns.se before 30^th of October.

Welcome!

Marion Finks verk “Appels of Eden” ställdes på framsidan av SvD Kultur den 30.augusti. Ny som inte har tidningen hemma kan läsa hela recensionen (skriven av Håkan Nilsson) här.