Österängens Konsthall
March 4th - April 9th 2017
Anton Brolin / Carl-Oskar Jonsson / Clara J:son Borg / Hillevi Cecilia Högström / Jesper O.T. Andersson / Joakim Sandkvist / Karl Georg Staffan Björk / Malin Persson / Monica Tormell / Nina Noreskär / Paul-Robin Sjöström / Sebastian Dahlqvist / Stina Malmqvist / Tim Söderström / Tina Hultsborn / Marcus Appelberg
”Hur förhåller man sig till sin hemstad? Vi har återkommit till minnen. Alla har vi minnen av en stad som inte längre är vår. Det kan vara svårt att komma tillbaka. Här var man en annan person, innan allt det där man lärt sig på den nya platsen. Dit man sökte sig för att bredda horisonten och bli någon annan. Kanske till och med göra sig kvitt den man en gång var.”
Homecoming Queen is a group exhibition showing 16 artists from Jönköping, today living and working around Sweden and abroad. The exhibition will show a variety of works. A catalogue will accompany the exhibition, exploring the artist's relation to their hometown.
Artists have always been mobile and in today's global society they are perhaps the most mobile. When borders open and free mobility is seen as a human right the art is changing. In Sweden the art universities are located in the big cities, and those are the places to which the artists are drawn.
What do we bring with us from our upbringing and heritage?
Do we wear the stamp of the place we grow up or are we more influenced by the place to which me move?
Homecoming Queen brings these artists back to Jönköping. The work leading up to the exhibition has been a detective work: Where are the artist's located? What are they working on?
I've found them in Stockholm, Malmö and Gothenburg. In Copenhagen, Berlin, Amsterdam and Reykjavik.
The catalogue can be bought here
