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Linn Fernström

(Sweden, Born 1974)
Estimate
40 000 - 60 000 SEK
3 580 - 5 360 EUR
3 630 - 5 450 USD
Hammer price
95 000 SEK
Covered by droit de suite

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Finland: Kuvasto

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Linn Fernström
(Sweden, Born 1974)

"Flicka gör korstecknet"

Signed Linn Fernström and dated 2007 a tergo. Canvas 50 x 70 cm.

Provenance

Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm.

More information

Linn Fernström är en kontrasternas konstnär. Ytterligheter får plats i hennes ofta stora dukar; det vackra möter det groteska, det idylliska krockar med det skrämmande, det skira blandas med det kraftfulla och det stora samspelar med det lilla. Kanske är det helt enkelt så att Linn Fernström är konstnären som målar Livet. Utan att värdera de ingredienser som fyller våra dagar och år med händelser och intryck på någon inbördes skala, låter Linn Fernström dessa figurera om vartannat och hand i hand samspela på en av konstnären given plats. Linn Fernström är en dirigent som med järnhand styr en experimentell orkester. Låter det som en paradox? Ja kanske, men just däri ligger hennes styrka och särart.

Linn Fernström intar en särställning i den svenska samtidskonsten. Envis och enträgen och fullkomligt ointresserad av trender har hon skapat sig en egen plattform.

Vid födseln väcks barnets seende ögonblickligen. Av alla sinnesförnimmelser som ska drabba barnet under dess liv är seendet det mest efterhängsna. När blicken tänds släcks ron. Hunger kan stillas, tystnad kan uppsökas, men seendet… Aldrig mer skall ögat finna ro, inte ens i sömnen sover seendet. Endast döden bryter blickens boja.

Artist

Linn Fernström is a Swedish artist born in Örebro in 1974. She studied at the Idun Lovén Art School and continued her education at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm between 1995 and 2000. In 1999, Fernström held her first solo exhibition at Galleri Mejan, which marked the beginning of a successful career that included several major solo shows, such as Liljevalchs in Stockholm.
Fernström's paintings often feature a bright background combined with strong, vivid colors. Her subjects revolve around people and animals, spanning between idyllic and nightmarish, playful and serious themes. With light brushstrokes and an airy composition, Fernström addresses themes such as death and love. It's challenging to discern whether the figures are flying or falling as she experiments, plays, and moves objects around; birds, injured bodies, monkeys, balloons, and plants. Her style often embodies realism with nods to classical painting infused with elements of symbolism and surrealism. Her paintings can be monumental in size, and Fernström enjoys depicting herself. Her renowned works have fetched high prices at art auctions during the 2000s, such as ' De tre kvinnorna,' 'Ballongerna', and the self-portrait 'Bortbytingen'.
Linn Fernström's works are represented in collections such as the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Malmö Art Museum, and Linköping Art Museum.

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