ANNIKA VON HAUSSWOLFF – OVERHAUL
2011-09-05The exhibition consists of photographic documents of houses and places left behind. Abandoned by the people who once inhabited them, urban explorers and graffiti artists are now the only ones who enter these buildings through closed doors and windows. In spite of the lack of legitimate activity in these places, the photographs provide a narrative of man’s symbiosis with the buildings she erects. These are temporary abodes which like train stations accompany our journey through life. In this context the title OVERHAUL becomes both a statement and a question. Is our world in urgent need of renovation or is an improvement already in progress?
The documentary imagery has been von Hausswolff’s principal characteristic but her photographs have until now always been carefully staged with a clear conceptual approach. Her new body of work is both clearly rooted in her early fascination for documentary photography inspired by photographers like Anders Petersen and Christer Strömholm but they are also leaving the last decades of staged imagery behind. Still though, many elements in von Hausswolff’s new works refer to her early works.
Opposite – Untitled (Kingdom of Heaven), 2011
Exhibition runs through to September 25th, 2011
Andréhn-Schiptjenko
Hudiksvallsgatan 8
Stockholm
Sweden
