#22 - Adee Roberson on Abstraction

Viskleken på Växjö konsthall Viskleken är en utställning som visas på Växjö konsthall som är uppbyggd kring inbjudningar som inspirerats av leken, Viskleken. Ni vet leken när man viskar en mening till någon som i sin tur viskar vidare till någon annan. Och allteftersom förvanskas vad som sas från början, samtidigt som det finns ett klart samband mellan de som sas först och sist. Viskleken är organiserad av konstnärerna Ann-Catrin Olsson och Filippa Nilsson Kallhed som båda ingår i Cana - en konstnärsdriven förening som arbetar med att utforska och ta fram olika metoder för att sätta samman utställningar. Cana startade utställningsprojektet med med att bjuda in Tilda Lovell som i sin tur bjöd in Tobias Bradford osv. Allt som allt presenteras fem konstnärer i utställningen: Tilda Lovell, Tobias Bradford, Oona Libens, Fia Linnéa Emelie Doepel och Hanna Andersson.

This is an interview recorded in Swedish with the Swedish artist John-E Franzén and his wife Ulrika in conjunction with the exhibition RIDE at Gävle konstcentrum. This interview is a collaboration between Gävle Konstcentrum and The Artword Podcast.

An NFT is an ownership registry, a database for creatives to know who has made what and track the information over time. Artist Ry David Bradley speaks about his relationship with the digital, the difference between working on a screen and seeing his tapestry works. We also talk about age, the importance of knowing what’s inside and what medium will outlast us.

This is a conversation in Swedish about Swedish artist Ulrica Hydman Vallien (1938-2018) and the exhibition "Paradise Lost" at Gävle Konstcentrum, autumn 2021. Participants: Staffan Bengtsson, Jan Stene and Jenny Danielsson. This episode is a collaboration between Gävle Konstcentrum and The Artword Podcast.

This is an interview recorded in Swedish with the Danish artist Pia Rönicke in conjunction with her exhibition Drifting Woods at Gävle konstcentrum. This interview is a collaboration between Gävle Konstcentrum and The Artword Podcast. Jenny Danielsson pratar med konstnären Pia Rönicke om hennes utställningen Drivande skog som visades på Gävle Konstcentrum våren 2020.

This is an interview recorded in Swedish with the Swedish artist Sunna Hansdóttir in conjunction with her exhibition "Röd Sol Blå Rep" at Gävle Konstcentrum. This interview is collaboration between Gävle Konstcentrum and The Artword Podcast.

In this interview Shoplifter / Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir speaks about the importance of color, the relationship between drawn lines and synthetic hair and the amazing Icelandic textile tradition. She describes the pleasures of working away with her hand at the studio. Born in Iceland, Shoplifter came to New York in the 1980’s to attend grad school. 25 years on she still divides her time between the mystical island and the bustling city. Her large scale multi scenery installation Chromo Zones, made of synthetic hair, is on display at Kulturhuset in Stockholm 2021. https://theartword

Artist Debra Scacco was working on an art project about the LA River when she visited “LACI” (Los Angeles Clean Technology Incubator), and was struck by the facilities’ impressive list of equipment, including laser cutters, a horizontal band saw and a vacuum oven. Tools that are rarely available for an artist. She saw an opportunity for exchange, between the people working with various starts up on green initiatives at LACI and artists that work with climate related themes. She founded AIR LACI, an artist-in-residency program open for research lead L.A. based artists. We talk about this special program, that perhaps is more of a fellowship than a residency. https://theartword

Stockholm-born Oscar Gustave Rejander (1813–1875) relocated to the UK in the 1830s. Some twenty years later he abandoned his profession as a painter to pursue a career in photography. Karen Hellman, assistant curator in the Department of Photographs at the Getty Museum talks about the medium of photography in the 1850s – what it was and what Rejlander thought that the medium could do. Rejlander’s position as an outsider allowed him to do what was not expedited, like double exposures, photographic manipulations and retouching. Today he is often referred to as the father art photography, a pioneer experimenting with the medium. We talk about his legacy and how it fits within photo history and about his wife Mary Bull, her role as a model and support running the studio in Kentish Town, London. https://theartword.com

Adee Roberson moved to Los Angeles a few years ago. We talk about her connection with the city and its tradition of experimental black artists and spirituality. In the show she presents Awolowo Road, a wall piece made in Nigeria. To be more precise in Awolowo Road in Lagos. She describes her stay in the sprawling city, the feeling of becoming a part of its bustling energy, and how the location impacted her work.