Annika von Hausswolff at
Magasin 3

7 February 2008

Annika von Hausswolff
ICH BIN DIE ECKE ALLER RÄUME
9 February – 8 June 2008
Curators: David Neuman and Tessa Praun

The exhibition includes over 50 of Annika von Hausswolff's works, all from Magasin 3's collection, as well as a large-scale installation specially created for the space.

In her carefully composed photographs, the human body is often physically present or tangible in the traces left behind: naked, abandoned bodies in picturesque landscapes, covered, lifeless bodies, children with chainsaws, or the reminders of human presence in the form of dust bunnies, empty chairs and discarded shirts.

Annika von Hausswolff, "The Philosophical Chair" (2003)
Collection Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall

Using well-known motifs and art historical references, Annika von Hausswolff's work exists on the border between the documentary and the staged. In the last few years her world of images has increasingly taken physical shape in the exhibition space through the use of objects and props.

Contradictory feelings of unease and curiosity evoked by her macabre stories and glimpses of the unexpected in the everyday have been characteristic of von Hausswolff’s work since the 1990’s.

Annika von Hausswolff, "Karaoke" (2007)
Collection Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall

Annika von Hausswolff was born in 1967 and lives and works in Gothenburg. Since the 1990’s she has had many solo exhibitions and been included in group shows at institutions such as the Musée
d’Art Moderne de Ville de Paris, the Hasselblad Center in Gothenburg, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst in Copenhagen, Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin and Fotomuseum in Winterthur. For the 1999 Venice Biennale Annika von Hausswolff represented Sweden at the Nordic Pavilion. Her work has previously been shown at Magasin 3 as part of the group exhibitions “Weegee, Jane & Louise Wilson and Annika von Hausswolff” (2000), “Extension” (2002) and most recently in “Works
from the Collection of Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall” (2005).

Annika von Hausswolff, "Ich bin die Ecke aller Räume" (2008)
Installation, mixed media (Photo: Martin Runeborg)

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