Lena Cronqvist, lithograph, signed and numbered LC 39/40.
From: "August Strindberg, Ett Drömspel". Printed by Atelier Clot, Paris, published by Edourd Weiss, Paris and Öivind Johansen, Oslo. S: 73 x 52.5 cm.
The general impression is good. Not framed.
I slutet av 1980-talet blev Lena Cronqvist och Roj Friberg, två svenska konstnärer med starka, egensinniga bildspråk, kontaktade av den parisiske galleristen Edouard Weiss. Han ville att de skulle tolka varsin valfri Strindbergspjäs i en serie litografier som han skulle ge ut.
Lena Cronqvist tog sig an ”Ett drömspel” och gjorde en Indras dotter med både armar och vingar, som vore hon indisk gudinna och ängel i ett.
Strindbergs glasmästare, en av dessa plågade människor som Indras dotter träffar under sin jordevandring, vandrar sida vid sida med sin lilla dotter, en av Cronqvist återkommande flickgestalter. Just den är flickan har ett ovanligt snällt och öppet ansikte.
Roj Friberg was born in Uddevalla, he began his artistic career while studying at the School of Arts and Crafts in Gothenburg to later continue at Valand Academy from 1961 to 64. Friberg uses several distinctive techniques. He mixes graphics, drawing, painting. He utilises unconventional tools such as dentist drills. His works can be executed on specially prepared canvases, such as lacquered or etched ones. His visual world is both strongly realistic and dream-like. For a period of time his choice of motifs were relatively political and "alltogether protest-base", such as his famous work "Juntan" from the 1970s. Roj Friberg is represented in several of Sweden's greatest museums and has even done several charitable projects, such as at Östra Sjukhuset in Gothernburg.
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