Linn Fernström
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"The Tomboy"
Signed Linn Fernström and dated 2003. Oil on canvas 100 x 140 cm.
Provenance
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm.
Private Collection, Sweden.
Literature
Dan Wolgers (red), Lars Bohman Gallery, "Linn Fernström, Målningar 2006-2008", 2008, illustrated full page p. 59.
More information
Linn Fernström is an artist of contrasts. There is space for extremes in her often large canvases; where beauty meets grotesque, idyllic is juxtaposed with terrifying, delicate blended with powerful, and large interacts with small. Perhaps it is simply that Linn Fernström is the artist that paints Life. Without evaluating the ingredients that fill our days and years with events and impressions on any internal scale, Linn Fernström allows them to reconfigure each other, interacting hand in hand in a space given them by the artist. Linn Fernström is a conductor directing an experimental orchestra with an iron hand. Sound paradoxical? Perhaps, but that is precisely where her strength and uniqueness lie.
Linn Fernström holds a unique position in Swedish contemporary art. Stubborn and determined, and utterly uninterested in trends, she has created a platform for herself.
Linn Fernström’s most recent exhibition took place at Liljevalchs+ on 29 October 2021 – 20 February 2022.
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.