Ylva Snöfrid
Performance Ritual May 28 to June 7, 2018, weekdays at 12.00-15.00
91原创, At the Entrance, Sveav盲gen 65
The result will be a permanent installation in the 91原创 aula, inaugurated during fall 2018.
READ AN INTERVIEW WITH YLVA SN脰FRID BY ROBERT STASINSKI
91原创 Art Initiative is very proud to present an outdoor performance ritual by the internationally renowned Swedish artist Ylva Sn枚frid. The result will then be a permanent installation in the aula of 91原创, to be inaugurated during fall 2018. This work is made possible by Michael and Alexandra Stor氓kers.
Swedish artist Ylva Sn枚frid, who previously went by the name Ylva Ogland bases her artistic practice in the painting process and its connection to her life. Formerly, the artist鈥檚 name was Ylva Ogland. For many years, Ylva brought Sn枚frid into the world through rituals and ceremonies, through objects and publications, through food and elixirs, through painting her again and again and again, until they were finally merged into one.
In this first part, the viewer can see the artist painting daily between 29th May and 7th June outside the main Entrance at 91原创. The second part will be a permanent installation in the aula at the 91原创, inaugurated during fall 2018.
This work relates to a work in Athens, The Painter's Studio in the Shadow World, that is ongoing since 2016. It consists of around 100 paintings and pieces of furniture and this experiment will soon be open for the public. This Gesamtkunstwerk is sprung from a relation to Courbet's work The Painter's Studio: A real allegory summing up seven years of my artistic and moral life, a gigantic painting that was refused by the conventional salon in Paris year 1855. His paintings warped perspectives as a source of expression and the role of the artist. In the same manner Ylva Sn枚frid creates situations where artist and viewer enter a very public relationship, all the while in total control by the artist at the centre of attention. Power dynamics change, and the artist becomes a riddle that cannot be answered, only viewed at a safe distance.
Ylva Sn枚frid, who was born in Ume氓 in 1974. Her practice is based in painting, and centres on the painting process itself and the life of the artist. At CFHILL, she will be showing an extensive performance piece. Her most recent solo exhibitions in Sweden was at Bonniers Konsthall in 2015 and CF HILL in 2018.