Exhibition
Ann Edholm 'End of Passion' - Maria Stenfors
Maria Stenfors proudly presents works by Swedish artist Ann Endholm for it’s inaugural exhibition, Edholm will show new large scale works for what will be her first solo show in the UK.
“Working in extended series Edholm stages large, occasionally even monumental paintings verging on both geometric abstraction and delicate expressionism. The latter reveals itself in barely perceptible details such as small thumbprints and smear marks made by the brush or, more often, by the palette knife, thus destabilizing the seemingly solid compositional patterns of basic geometric shapes. With an elaborate network of cultural, religious and symbolic references, Edholm meticulously merges classical painting with elemental geometric shapes together with sudden painterly gestures. While at the first glance these marks may appear as smudges, they reveal unexpected connotations to other traditions of Western art as well as to highly contemporary discourses concerning the relationship between painting and the self.”
Excerpt from Professor PhD Tom Sandqvist 2010 text which accompanies Edholm’s exhibition, text available in its entirety on the website www.mariastenfors.com.
