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Welcome to a current, untraditional art exhibition
in the church of Gustav Vasa Kyrka, central Stockholm
The exhibition goes on the 9th of May until the 18th of July 2010.
Flowers waterfalls, roses painted in Normandie,
a prizewinning videoinstallation,
big green leaves, a Global Wishfullfilling Tree
and an artistic Paradise is moving into the Church of Gustaf Vasa during
the summer.
In the chapel of St. John some of the artists has created a kind of special
installation named
”The Paradise”, but pieces of art and installations can be
found all around the church--
and invite to a closer investigation.
A memorable experience beyond a ”normale” church-visit is
promised.
to his church.
The visual artist Ingela Hageman is the curator
and has taken the initiative
and responsibility to make this exhibition.
Besides creating sacred and digital art, she has as a lifemission to work
with--
and for spreading--Positive Art as a Concept.
The exhibition last for two and a halv months when the church is adorned with professional artists and musicians most imaginative works.
It adress a wide range of ages and target groups, taking place during a very active and hopeful period in the church, with confirmations, breaking up of schools and exceptional many weddings (due to the marriage of the royal princess this summer),
and many visiting tourists both from abroad and Sweden.
The exhibition take place within an ecumenical attitude--with many nationalities represented among the artists.
| Anna-Lena Johansson | ||
| Jose Strazar Kiyohara | ||
| Birgitta Wennerling | ||
| Niklas Rundquist |
Ingela Hageman >
recently got a Goldstatuette for ”Best Experimental film”
in Jaipur, India--for the short artfilm ”White Swans”, with
music sensitively composed by Niklas Rundquist.
She has been very inspired by Mother Mary after a minor miracle happened
as introduction
to the work with this exhibition.
She shows digital art, inspired by Christ, spiritual issues and ecology,
and a collection of small unique crosses in the Chapel of St. Luke.
In the ”Pardise” she shows two conceptual artworks--
”A Global Wishfullfilling Tree” and a ”Global Praying
bok” where the audience is both offered a chanse--and encouraged
to interact.
Anna-Lena
Johansson >
has painted a sensual series of small Rose-pictures particulary for the
Chapel of St. Mark--
at her resedency in Normandie, France. After studies at the University
College of Konstfack,
in Stockholm and Valand-- the famous School of Fine Arts, in Gothenburg,
she fell in love with a French farmer and abandoned Sweden.
She use to exhibit at Gallery Hera in Stockholm--and in the month of May
she has a big solo exhibition in Lund.
Sumiko
Kiyohara >
is showing a spectacular waterfall--4 meters high, in watercolor--that
has recently been shown at the Eastasian museum of Stockholm. We will
have the great joy also to see it
in the church.
She is also painting vibrating flowers and trees, and shows ”waterflowers”
in papier-maché in ”the Paradise”.
Jose
Strazar Kiyohara >
is a sculpturer from Slovenia and is represented e.g. in the Vatican.
He had a wonderful exhibition at the Botanical Garden of Uppsal where
he showed very beautiful Lotusflowers in bronce--these he will also be
showing in the church.
Gunilla
Paetau Sjöberg >
is working in the most magical way in handfelted wool. She has made many
sacred adornments-
and is represented at the National Museum of Art in Stockholm.
She has been exhibiting from USA in the West to Mongolia in the East.
Now she is showing big green leaves and crosses. She is a successful artist,
with a deep spiritual and mature expression.
Birgitta Wennerling >
s a sculpturer and painter and has earlier worked with art in the church.
At that time she made an inquiery: ”Where is God?”, ”Where
can one find the Sacred?”,
The answers were handprinted on beautiful linen and distributed so that
one could carry
the sacred words with oneself.
She work in a very sensitive, searching, present and innovative way.
In ”the Paradise” she shows a sacred face cut in white marble.
Don´t miss her installation ”Trush-talk”.
She was also the curator and initiator to an important exhibition "Sculpture
2007" --
that took place in Stockholm together with The
Swedish Sculptors Association and Konstnärshuset--that
showed artwork from 120 sculpturs.
Musicians:
Ragnhild
Mao >
will make her very special improvisations on the vernissage. She is artistic
leader for the experimental form of expression--PRESENCE--which works
e.g. with words, music, and slideshows. They have made many performances
in diffrent churches.
Her music has now been number one in a music-competition arranged by a
Swedish radio-station-- and she just produced a new cd.
Niklas
Rundquist >
is a very exciting musician and composer--with many
artistic facettes and high sensititvity
and great repertoar.
He has composed the music to the series of artfilms--”Stockholm
Tantras”--by Ingela Hageman that are shown in the church.
Right now he has made the music to a movie ”Klara” that has
been highly ranked in media recently.
and a big flow of people are daily visiting this beautiful building.
Interior from the church of Gustaf Vasa
The Exhibition can be seen as a artistic and creative Tribute to God´s Creation.
It is stiving to give deep appreciation of Beauty--
unusual spiritual and meditative experiences,
maybe even to create new sacred thoughtforms and archetypes in the spectator.
Good and pleasent memories can function like a rosary in the mind.
Unusual and unexpected experiences is often required for the mind to open
up
to receive new ideas, thoughtforms and messages.
By offering new, creative and unexpected experiences also to the younger generations,
the church can in this way do many good things for them.
It can be of great value that children will be exposed to high quality art--
and maybe even meet professionals that work within creative occupations.
It can create good memories that follow the individual throughout the whole life--
establishing and laying a foundation for new and positive interests and hobbies.
Since our princess Victoria is being wed to her Daniel this summer--
a boom of marrages is expected during this period.
The name of the exhibition is very suitable when one starts such a joyful project.
We artists hope to contribute with x-ra beauty for this Special day.
and hope to enhance their holliday- with this positive exhibition .
Since the attitude of the exhibition is ecumenical visitors from many cultures and traditions can feel
at home. We hope that a visit in the Church of Gustaf Vasa will be something special to remember.
Good memories are vitalizing, creative and givespositive energy...that spreads like rings on water......
To make the church to a central and vital meetingplace for dialog, spiritual and cultural meetings
is of great value for society.
Our churches is full of art--but not of a kind that create dialogue.
The meeting between the Old and the New is revitalizing......
ART
Beauty can evoke spirituality.
We artists also want to be aware of this special perido of the church-year--
which is the period of the Holy Ghost.
After the long winter we would like to celebrate the comming Heavenly
Light.
