Karin Mamma Andersson
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'Vad såg vi?'
Signed Mamma Andersson and dated 2000 on verso. Oil on panel 44.8 x 49.8 cm.
Provenance
Galleri 1, Gothenburg.
Lars Wetterling Collection.
Exhibitions
Galleri 1, Gothenburg, "Mamma Andersson", 1 February - 18 February 2001.
Konstens hus, Luleå, "Karin Mamma Andersson", 24 February - 25 March 2001.
More information
Karin Mamma Andersson is one of our most treasured contemporary artists. After having represented Sweden at the Venice Biennale in 2003 and getting her big media breakthrough, her art has been shown in countless prestigious contexts all over the world. She is one of only a handful of Swedish artists with galleries in Stockholm, London and New York. The painting in the auction, 'Vad såg vi?' [What did we see?], was exhibited at Konstens Hus in Luleå, 2001. This is Mamma Andersson’s home town and an environment that is close to her heart. The Swedish northern landscape and light is a constant, recurrent theme in her work.
In 2006 she was awarded first prize by the Carnegie Art Award and the following year she had her first solo show at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, which went on to tour Helsinki and London. With this a strong foundation was laid for the next part of Mamma Andersson’s career. Several of her pieces were recently shown at last year’s celebrated exhibition Humdrum Days at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in