Anna Persson Gallery

Photo: Per-Erik Adamsson

DAN WOLGERS

The gallery is currently presenting a work by Dan Wolgers (born 1955, Stockholm). The work “Källa (Fontän)” / “Source (Fountain)” is from the series “Cire Perdue” executed in 2007. The gallery is open by appointment. For inquiries or further information, please contact the gallery.

CIRE PERDUE

Kroppen tänker
växlar ställning och röstläge
sjunger utan ord i dunklet

Sinnet ljudar
och söker munnen
munnen trevar i havet
mellan halvmörker och halvdager

Inget finns
men allt är slut
Början och slut
i samma tag
De yttersta gränserna
bara en värld från varann
än i varann
än ur

Munnen störtar
blinkar mållös mot ljuset
översvämmas
Lungorna, rummet, varelsen,
översvämmas
och ögonen översvämmas
storknar, kippar efter andan
pupillen som en sårig strupe
bränner, brinner av det rusande varat

Smältan svalnar
utvidgas
fyller formen helt
Stelnar
krymper
matrisen släpper greppet

Arbetarna redo med släggor
Bronserna rullar nu i gruset
Seende, förut osedda
Sedda, förut oseende
cire perdue
förlorade
stupade

Bronsets tyngd stillar
Gestalterna i ro
arbetarna i ro
äntligen i ro
skonade
fria
ro
.

Dan Wolgers, 2007

Lena Cronqvist, Self-Portrait with Wings, Brush and Palette

English / Swedish

Lena Cronqvist

VÄRMLANDS MUSEUM, KARLSTAD

The exhibition LENA CRONQVIST at Värmlands Museum in Karlstad, will be the first museum exhibition after the artist’s passing in the summer of 2025. Exhibition runs 23 May 2026 – 17 January 2027.

With the passing of Lena Cronqvist (1938-2025) Sweden lost one of its greatest and most influential artists from the mid 20th century and onwards. The exhibition at Värmlands Museum, Karlstad, marks the beginning of a new era, in which we have to navigate her artistry without the artist’s sharp eye and clear conception of installation and presentation.

The exhibition consists of Cronqvist’s paintings, from the 1960’s to the very last works from 2021. It also includes a generous selection of her sculptures in bronze and terracotta, as well as drawing, sketches, and prints.

An extensive catalogue has been produced by the museum in conjunction with the exhibition, with texts by, among others, Magnus Bons, Olle Granath and Anna Persson.

For more information, please contact the gallery or visit Värmlands Museum

Photo: Per-Erik Adamsson