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Teckomatorp 2008-02-25 INVITATION - scroll down for Swedish translation
Dear Client, You are welcome to attend the opening of Northern lights – a painting exhibition by Pär Strömberg. Feel free to bring a friend. When: Saturday March 8, 12.00 – 16.00 Visit also Traktens Café next door that will offer a little special something to gallery clients. Artist in attendance. The exhibition runs through April 20, 2008.
In the work of Amsterdam-based painter Pär Strömberg, the impact of nature and the dense woods of his native Sweden has always been crucial. Darkness and light co-exist in an interplay of good and evil, of seductive and sinister, of life and death. The result is a dreamy state of a place we all feel we know but can’t make out where it is or where we recognize it from. ”The notion of the landscape in my native Scandinavia is very powerful. The wilderness can be something very soothing as well as frightening and intimidating. In my work I try to get closer to the landscape, to reveal the fears and threats of the ostensibly calm surfaces of its beauty.” In the current exhibition, “Northern lights”, Strömberg captures the feeling of the Nordic light and its inherent quality: darkness. Illuminate and eliminate. Global warming.
New feature! Images of all works on display can now be found at the gallery website. Click to: Program / Artists & Web gallery
SWEDISH TRANSLATION
När: Lördag 8 mars, 12.00 – 16.00 Passa även på att besöka vårt favoritställe - Traktens Café - som denna dag kommer att erbjuda något litet extra speciellt för galleribesökare. Konstnären närvarar under vernissagen. Utställningen pågår till den 20 april, 2008.
"Landskapet i Sverige är mycket viktigt. Vildmarken kan vara något mycket lugnande, liksom skrämmande och hämmande. I mina arbeten försöker jag komma närmare landskapet, att avslöja rädslorna och hoten hos skönhetens skenbart lugna ytor." I den aktuella utställningen, "Nordiska ljus", fångar Strömberg känslan hos det nordiska ljuset och dess inneboende kvalitet: mörkret. Illuminera och eliminera.
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