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UPCLOSE
— A great exhibition of very small things

”By doing something a half centimetre high, you are more likely to get a sense of the universe than if you try to do the whole sky”
— Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966)

There are several ways of seeing. We scout, we squint, we focus, we read up close, and we scan. These days, our visual spectrum is mostly dominated by the distance between the retina and a screen. As a result of this, you may experience an initial sense of disorientation and visual fatigue when viewing up close. Let that feeling linger for a while. At this moment, you’ll be somewhere between your own habitual mode of seeing and an entirely different kind of viewing. It’s time to recalibrate. In this exhibition, your visual impressions will need to be processed by another, more active part of your mind.

The group exhibition UPCLOSE presents 76 works which have all been executed in a small scale. The participating artists are some of the most well-known and loved representatives of their respective eras or generations. Some of them will be familiar from past exhibitions at CFHILL, and other’s won’t. The common denominator is how they, within the limitations of this small scale, are able to evoke a highly concentrated intensity and monumentality. This is a technique that artists have kept returning to throughout the ages. Sometimes, they’ve done so out of pure necessity, as they have had insufficient space for or access to larger canvases, but equally often, these works have resulted from curiosity and experimentation. The objects themselves are the kinds of things one will often find among more experienced collectors’ secret favourites. You know, the pieces that end up in more intimate parts of the home, like on a bedside table, or hidden away in the corner of a big living room or child’s bedroom. It’s as though the owner wanted to indicate that this work wants to be discovered, rather than dutifully meet the visitor immediately. You’ll simply have to pay attention, activate your vision, and get in UPCLOSE.

In our first micro salon we are proud to present artists from the greater CFHILL family as well as friends invited from near and afar. The full list of artists is long but worth the read: Martina Müntzing, Fredrik Söderberg, Meta Isæus-Berlin, Christine Ödlund, Anders Krisár, Jim Thorell, Daisy Parris, Justin Adian, Leif Engström, David Surman, Tim Garwood, Tomas Lundgren, Constance Tenvik, Alicia Gibson, Martin Bogren, Isak Hall, Norberg & Sundén, Ester Eriksson, Vinicius dos Santos, Lisa Horn, Edin Zenun & Maria Kulikovska.

The exhibition also include an exceptional group of artworks by Juan Tessi, Barbro Östlihn, Gunnel Wåhlstrand, Matt Leines, Wes Lang, Sigrid Sandström, Cecilia Edefalk, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Denise Grünstein, Joseph Beuys & Ivan Agueli.

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UPCLOSE Daisy Parris, Martina Müntzing, Justin Adian, Constance Tenvik, Fredrik Söderberg among others

Vinicius dos Santos, The Creator, 2021, Watercolor on paper, 22,5 x 18 cm

Vinicius dos Santos, The experimenter, 2021, Watercolor on paper, 22,5 x 18 cm

Ester Eriksson, Untitled (red), 2021, Pastel on paper, 21 x 29,7 cm

Ester Eriksson, Untitled (green), 2021, Pastel on paper, 21 x 29,7 cm

Ester Eriksson, Untitled (multi color), 2021, Pastel on paper, 21 x 29,7 cm

Ester Eriksson, Untitled (multi color II), 2021, Pastel on paper, 21 x 29,7 cm

Maria Kulikovska, Drawing on the Paper, Received from Migration #1 Offices, 2020, Watercolor on Paper, 21 x 29,7 cm

Maria Kulikovska, Drawing on the Paper, Received from Migration Offices #2, 2020, Watercolor on Paper, 21 x 29,7 cm

Maria Kulikovska, Drawing on the Paper, Received from Migration Offices #4, 2020, Watercolor on Paper, 21 x 29,7 cm

Maria Kulikovska, Drawing on the Paper, Received from Migration Offices #3, 2020, Watercolor on Paper, 21 x 29,7 cm

Sigrid Sandström, Hrönir 15, 2004, Acrylic on polycarbonate, 30,5 x 26,5 cm

Sigrid Sandström, Hrönir 16, 2004, Acrylic on polycarbonate, 30,5 x 26, 5 cm

Daisy Parris, Poem For My Antidepressant, 2021, Oil paint and collaged canvas on canvas, 40 x 50 cm

Meta Isæus-Berlin, Penelopes väntan, 2021, Pencil drawing, 32,5 x 22,5 cm

Meta Isæus-Berlin, Hemkomsten, 2021, Pencil on paper, 32,5 x 22,5 cm

Meta Isæus-Berlin, Stormen, 2021, Pencil on paper, 32,5 x 22,5 cm

David Surman, Goblin, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 30,5 × 25,5 cm

David Surman, Grey Knight #2, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 30,5 × 25,5 cm

Edin Zenun, Rosa canina, 2021, Clay and Oil on Canvas, 26 x 21 cm

Martina Müntzing, Omsorg, 2021, Oil on panel, 29,5 x 20 cm

Fredrik Söderberg, Salute the First sun in the Morning, 2021, Watercolor and gold leaf on paper, 30 x 48 cm

Constance Tenvik, Kaya’s Reflection In My Whatsapp With Prayer Like Phone Shadow On Her Sweater, 2020, Gouache on paper, 26 x 18 cm

Constance Tenvik, Charles Hascoet, 2020, Gouache on paper, 26 x 18 cm

Constance Tenvik, Kakan Hermansson Talking Rage Hate Fury, Her Early Discovery of Andrea Dworkin, 2019, Gouache on paper, 26 x 18 cm

Constance Tenvik, Elle With Fruit De La Mer, 2019, Gouache on paper, 26 x 18 cm

Constance Tenvik, Jordan During Advent, 2017, Gouache on paper, 26 x 18 cm

Constance Tenvik, Charlotte Birnbaum On Love Life And The Art Of Sugar, 2019, Gouache on paper, 26 x 18 cm

Justin Adian, Flareside, 2019, Oil enamel on canvas and felt over wood, 53 x 46 cm

Justin Adian, Sometimes, 2019, Oil enamel on canvas and felt over wood, 30 x 28 cm

Alicia Gibson, He Doesn’t Care About My Content, 2019, Oil and encaustic on muslin and canvas, 25 x 20 cm

Alicia Gibson, 200 Episodes of Cheers, 2017, Oil on muslin over canvas, 51 x 41 cm

Juan Tessi, Bareback lessons # 8, 2007, Oil on canvas, 19 x 27 cm

Juan Tessi, Bareback lessons # 5, 2007, Oil on canvas, 19 x 27 cm

Juan Tessi, Bareback lessons # 6, 2007, Oil on canvas, 19 x 27 cm

Juan Tessi, Bareback lessons # 7, 2007, Oil on canvas, 19 x 27 cm

Tomas Lundgren, Schaefer Expedition (Verbrecher mit Halskrause), 2018, Oil on canvas, 21 x 29 cm

Tomas Lundgren, The Task of Mourning, 2019, Oil on canvas, 21 x 29 cm

Tomas Lundgren, To be Echoing, 2018, Oil on canvas, 20 x 29 cm

Tomas Lundgren, To be Echoing, 2021, Watercolour on paper, 20 x 29,5 cm (ram 42,5 x 54,5 cm)

Tomas Lundgren, To be Echoing, 2019, Watercolour on paper, 25 x 35 cm (ram 48 x 60,5 cm)

Tomas Lundgren, Uniform (214.988), 2017, Oil on canvas, 21 x 29 cm

Tomas Lundgren, Uniform (214.995), 2017, Oil on canvas, 21 x 29 cm

Denise Grünstein, Malplacé 3, 2005, Signed Denise Grünstein and dated 2005 a tergo, Polaroid, 19 x 24 cm

Denise Grünstein, Malplacé 2, 2005 Signed Denise Grünstein and dated 2005 a tergo, Polaroid, 19 x 24 cm

Denise Grünstein, Malplacé 1, 2005, Signed Denise Grünstein and dated 2005 a tergo, Polaroid, 19 x 24 cm

Cecilia Edefalk, sketches for a painting, 2004, Silver gelatin print, Edition 1 + 4 AP 29,5 x 22,5 cm

Cecilia Edefalk, Utan titel, 2006, Watercolour on paper, 20,5 x 35 cm

Wes Lang, Iron Nation, 2005, Graphite on paper with unique frame, 54 x 62 cm

Wes Lang, Let’s party, 2005, Graphite on paper with unique frame, 54 x 62 cm

Barbro Östlihn, Samaritaine II, 1991, Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm

Norberg & Sundén, KK, 2019, Acrylic on linen canvas, 45 x 36 cm

Norberg & Sundén, XXX, 2019, Acrylic on linen canvas, 30 x 24 cm

Norberg & Sundén, BR, 2019, Acrylic on linen canvas, 35 x 28 cm

Norberg & Sundén, O, 2019, Acrylic on linen canvas, 40 x 32 cm

Isak Hall, Untitled, 2019, Ink and crayon on paper, 18 x 14 cm

Ivan Aguéli, Egyptiskt landskap, 189, Oil on panel, 22 x 13 cm

Anders Krisár, Arm (right), 2006, Acrylic paint on polyester resin, polyurethane, and oil paint, Edition of 3 + 1 AP, 5,5 × 7 × 35,5 cm

Anders Krisár, Bronze/Wax #1, 2006, Cast bronze, beeswax, heater, bronze plate, board, rubber electrical cable and plug, heat insulator, brass screws, and metal hardware, two parts, Edition of 3 + 1 AP, 25,5 × 15 × 11 cm and 24,5 × 16 × 10 cm

Joseph Beuys, 1921-1986, Ohne Titel (Untitled), 1956, Signed Beuys and dated 56, also signed and dated on verso, Oil and collage on paper, 17,5 x 18 cm

Lisa Horn, Untitled, 2021, Oil on panel, 30 x 26 cm

Jim Thorell, Boogie Board Bardo Breaket, 2021, Oil on linen, 40 x 50 cm

Matt Leines, Man with pointy hat, 2005, Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper, 20 x 14 cm

Tim Garwood, Polyester Giraffe, 2020, Oil on canvas, 36 × 31 cm

Martin Bogren, Hollow #22, 2008-2018, Edition of 15, Gelatin silver print, 13 x 18 cm

Gunnel Wåhlstrand, Walk, 2011, Edition of 15 + 5 AP, Photogravure, 37 x 29 cm

Martin Bogren, Hollow #17, 2008-2018, Edition of 15, Gelatin silver print, 18 x 13 cm

Christine Ödlund, Bee hive mini, 2021, Recycled cast aluminium, Edition 10 + 2 AP, 17 x 12 x 9,5 cm

Christine Ödlund, The Green Man, 2017, Glazed stoneware, 25 x 20 cm

Carl Hammoud, Untan Titel, 2005, Pencil on paper, 21 x 29,7 cm

Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Bag on empty lot, 2018, Acrylic, oil stick, marker, plastic toy gun, found plastic on canvas, 35.5 x 28 cm

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UPCLOSE — A great exhibition of very small things

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UPCLOSE
— A great exhibition of very small things