Author: helenahildur

Karl Schultz-Köln, March 8th, 1921 – Dec 28th, 2013

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This is a post made in honour of artist Karl Schultz-Köln, who passed away on Dec 28th, 2013, in the age of 92; the photo shows a candle, lit beside his deathbed and mirrored in one of his artworks.
His life course spanning from pre-nazi Germany to post-modern Sweden, Karl experienced very directly more significant and dramatic shifts of perspectives than most of us ever will. Through his long-time work as an industrial designer and a painter, he developed a deep sense of art as a means of life. Finally, he came to be the patron and friend of all of us engaged in Art Lab Gnesta, sharing work as well as fiesta.

Most of all, I think, he treasured freedom.
Thank you, Karl. I wish you a peaceful and great last journey.


Photo credit:
NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain).
Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

Artistic Research Processes at Konstnärshuset (Stockholm) IV

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Helena Hildur W, installation with painting and prints at Konstnärshuset;
photo by Gert Germeraad

For my own participation in this exhibition, I brought painting #IV (still unfinished) as the central piece of an installation also comprising prints from Art Lab Gnesta’s risograph and a few items from the studio, along with an artist book with text and photographs from the project.

The book is available, in limited edition (30 copies in total); to order, please leave a note in the commentary field below.
Full text – in Swedish, although with an English abstract – can also be found here:

Om varseblivning av kvalitet i gestaltande processer: del 1, en individuell process.

Artistic Research Processes at Konstnärshuset (Stockholm) III

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The exhibition at Konstnärshuset is finished. For you who missed it, or couldn’t come – here’s to give you an idea of the rest of the exhibited works, along with links to full text papers (in Swedish):

Konstnärshuset Lena Oja b

Lena Oja: The management of a Cervical Spine/
Ridkonstens samtal: en vägbeskrivning (2012)

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Konstnärshuset Auli Laitinen 2b

Konstnärshuset Auli Laitinen 1b

Auli Laitinen: In My Nature/I min natur (2012)

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Konstnärshuset Madeleine Aleman b
Madeleine Aleman:
A Meal in Swedenborg’s Summer House/
En måltid i Swedenborgs lusthus (2012)

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Antonie Frank: [WHITEWASH] (2012)

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And a few more projects which come as artistic statements, with the verbal part yet unpublished:

Konstnärshuset Agnieszka Knap 2b

Konstnärshuset Agnieszka Knap 1b

Agnieszka Knap: What Could it Be?/Vad skulle det kunna vara?

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Konstnärshuset Ivar Sviestins 2b

Ivar Sviestins: The Human Face/Människans ansikte
(note that the left picture is an extreme zoom-in, focusing the eye of a portrayed person – who is, in his turn, watching the photographer)

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Konstnärshuset Roland Ljungberg b

Roland Ljungberg: The Place/Platsen – artist book (2013)
PhD Roland Ljungberg is – together with Emma Göransson – the developer and leader of the course Artistic Research Processes. His dissertation (“En resa från det ordlösa”) is a personal mapping of the artist’s professional skills and knowledge.

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All photos by HHW.