Marie-Louise Ekman
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Signed Marie-Louise Ekman and dated 1989 verso. Painted metal, height 36 cm, width 22 cm.
Provenance
The newspaper Expressen's theater prize 'En bit av Georges hatt' 1989.
Charles Koroly (1946-2017) scenographer at the Royal Dramatic Theater, Stockholm.
Private Collection.
More information
The Expressen Theatre Prize, 'En bit av Georgs hatt', has been presented since 1987 when Tomas von Brömssen received it. Each year's winner also receives a unique work of art by Marie-Louise Ekman, which is created each year by Ekman after she learns the name of that year's winner.
The auction's sculpture was created by Marie-Louise Ekman in 1989.
Expressen jury awarded the sculpture to Charles Koroly (1946-2017), a set designer at Dramaten in Stockholm. In the same year, Charles Koroly was honoured for his personal and sparse set design for Ingmar Bergman's 'Markisinnan de Sade' at Dramaten.
Artist
Marie-Louise Ekman is without a doubt one of Sweden's most eccentric artists. The consistency in her expression is striking, with a distinctive language that is unmistakably her own.
Ekman's artistry is timeless and continuously relevent. She is a leading and influential artist who often depicts everyday environments, but does not align herself with the absurdist and surrealist art forms. She travels unhindered over artistic buondaries and often ustilises art historical references, incorporating them with pop-culture references. Ekmans konstnärskap har i mycket präglats av hennes anarkistiska och klarsynta angrepp på normalitet som ständigt har manifesterats i en spännvidd som låtit henne ingå i kretsen kring den inflytelserika undergroundtidningen "Puss" och med separatutställningar på Galerie Aronowitsch.
When looking closer at her multifaceted artisty one discovers that she is a recycler. There is barely a motif that is not repeated in more than one context, not a figure that does not stir up déjà vu. One first encounters these elements in objects or paintins, then in movies, tv-seris and radio programmes. Although the media sources vary in theme and tone over the decades, Ekman continues to reference media through her art, and it is thanks to this that Ekman feels forever young.
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