OPENING SAT APRIL 5, 5–8 PM, 2014
CHARLOTTE GYLLENHAMMAR, APRIL 5–MAY 11, 2014
CHRISTIAN LARSEN, HUDIKSVALLSGATAN 8, 1ST FL, STOCKHOLM
WED–FRI 12–6 PM, SAT–SUN 12–4 PM
OPENING SAT APRIL 5, 5–8 PM, 2014
CHARLOTTE GYLLENHAMMAR, APRIL 5–MAY 11, 2014
CHRISTIAN LARSEN, HUDIKSVALLSGATAN 8, 1ST FL, STOCKHOLM
WED–FRI 12–6 PM, SAT–SUN 12–4 PM
February 13, 2013
Inauguration of the new public work by Charlotte Gyllenhammar at Domus Medica.
Inauguration June 14, 2014
The city of Malmö has commissioned Charlotte Gyllenhammar to construct a large public installation in Hyllie. Hyllie is the name of the new city centre currently being constructed in south Malmö. The expansion aims to make Hyllie a place of interest for the entire region of Öresund. Gyllenhammar’s installation is expected to be completed in spring 2014. Please visit this news page for future updates on this project.
November 15, 2012 Charlotte Gyllenhammar was awarded the Prince Eugen Medal for outstanding artistic achievement. The medal was awarded by His Majesty the king of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf.
June 3–November 27, 2011 Glasstress was a unique collaboration pairing some of the most interesting names in contemporary art and design with master artisans of Venetian glass. Gyllenhammar's contribution to the exhibition was an installation utilizing glass, sculpture, and video. The Glasstressexhibition was an official part of the 54th Venice Biennale of Art. Curated by Peter Noever, Lidewij Edelkoort, and Demetrio Paparoni.
Art critic, essayist, and exhibition curator Demetrio Paparoni on Glasstress 2011:
”The theme of this year’s exhibition is the complex relationship that ties art, design and architecture together in an age thought to have moved beyond modernism. Comparing the opinions of various curators, Glasstress addresses this issue through glass sculptures specially made by major artists on the contemporary scene and through objects and sculptures made by designers, whose research was influenced by the formal aspect of the use of the object.”
Among the exhibiting artists were Fred Wilson, Tony Cragg, Tony Oursler, and architect Zaha Hadid. The exhibition was held at the Palazzo Franchetti / Istituto Veneto Di Scienze Lettere Ed Arti situated on the Canal Grande.
For more information, please visit the Glasstress website: www.glasstress.org
February 26–May 1, 2011 Charlotte Gyllenhammar’s work was exhibited in the House of Sweden, a stunning example of contemporary Scandinavian architecture designed by Gert Wingårdh and Tomas Hansen. The House of Sweden was inaugurated in 2006 as the new home of the Embassy of Sweden in Washington DC, and, in 2008, The Washington Post named Sweden House the "Venue of the Year". Gyllenhammar's exhibition was comprised of her acclaimed photographic series entitled Hang which first premiered at Paris Photo in 2006, as well as her sculpture entitled In Waiting. Gyllenhammar's work is also featured in the permanent collection of the National Museum for Women in the Arts, in Washington DC.
October 22–December 5, 2010 The Intiman Theatre, located in the heart of Seattle, Washington, selected Charlotte Gyllenhammar’s photograph Hang (2006) to represent their production of The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The play, which depicts the struggle of a woman who commits adultery in Boston, at that time a small 17th century Puritan town, is a classic of American literature. Gyllenhammar’s image of a woman hanging upside-down within the confines of her dress seems to visualize the isolation from community life felt by Hester Prynne, the play’s main character.
October 18–December 12, 2010 Darker than Night was a group exhibition that sought to create a discourse resulting from a comparison of cultural beliefs and artistic practices. The exhibition presented a selection of diverse artistic explorations on the emotion fear, as transmitted via cultural expressions in the form of literature, film, entertainment and music. Curators Katrin Behdjou and Gabriel Mestre selected Charlotte Gyllenhammar’s sculpture entitled Double Blind (2009) because the work “ironically illustrate(s) the psychological reality of the attraction-repulsion dichotomy.” The exhibition was held in conjunction with the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead, and located in the Casino Metropolitano, a neoclassical palace in Mexico City.
July 2–October 31, 2010 Disidentifikation was a group exhibition that addressed how artists utilized popular culture, vernacular forms of expression, political satire, and the reappropriation of histories and ideologies as protest. Curator Stina Edblom selected artists “who explore modes of performative self imaging in an interrogation of gender, sexual, and racial difference.” The exhibition brought together an eclectic group of works from the late 1980s until today, by 8 internationally acclaimed artists. Charlotte Gyllenhammar exhibited her video installation entitled Nachsagen, Ich und Meinhof (2004). Disidentifikation was held at Göteborgs konsthall. For more information, please visit: www.konsthallen.goteborg.se