Christian Larsen
Artists:
- Atelier Van Lieshout
- Christian-Pontus Andersson
- Peter Bonde
- Max Book
- Karin Broos
- Cooper & Gorfer
- Joakim Eneroth
- Mads Gamdrup
- Charlotte Gyllenhammar
- Jeannin/Schuurmans
- Katy Kirbach
- John Körner
- Bo Christian Larsson
- Daniel Lergon
- Anna Linderstam
- Haruko Maeda
- Lucas Rahn
- Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen
- Viktor Rosdahl
- Vibeke Slyngstad
Exhibitions:
- 43 Katy Kirbach
- 42 Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen
- 41 Jeannin / Schuurmans
- 40 Lucas Rahn
- 39 Vibeke Slyngstad
- 38 Haruko Maeda
- 37 Bo Christian Larsson
- 36 Max Book
- 35 Jeannin/Schuurmans
- 34 Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen
- 33 Mads Gamdrup
- 32 Heikki Marila
- 31 Lucas Rahn
- 30 Christian-Pontus Andersson
- 29 Daniel Lergon
- 28 Peter Bonde
- 27 Karin Broos
- 26 Joakim Eneroth
- 25 Viktor Rosdahl
- 24 Ann-Sofi Sidén
- 23 Cooper & Gorfer
- 22 Katy Kirbach
- 21 Anna Linderstam
- 20 Joakim Eneroth
- 19 Vibeke Slyngstad
- 18 Christine Ödlund
- 17 John Körner
- 16 Charlotte Gyllenhammar
- 15 Mads Gamdrup
- 14 Max Book
- 13 Karin Broos
- 12 Viktor Rosdahl
- 11 State of Mind
- 10 Anders Widoff
- 09 Ann-Sofi Sidén
- 08 Roger Ballen
- 07 Daniel Lergon
- 06 Hello Gallery Owner!
- 04 Atelier Van Lieshout
- 03 Frida Tebus
- 02 Christian–Pontus Andersson
- 01 Tomas Saraceno
Exhibition 27:
27
Karin Broos
February 19 – March 27, 2011
Karin Broos, Gardinen, acrylic on canvas, 2010
Karin Broos, Mörk spegling, acrylic on canvas, 2009
Karin Broos, Det stora blå II, acrylic on canvas, 2011
Karin Broos, Den vita hunden I, acrylic on canvas, 2009
View exhibition room I (front)
View exhibition room I
View exhibition room II
About:
Karin Broos
Christian Larsen is proud to present the gallery’s second solo exhibition with Karin Broos (b. 1950).
Karin Broos is mostly known for her paintings featuring motifs from her home, her studio and the nature of Värmland. These environments return in her latest pieces but she is also turning her eyes towards the country on the other side of The Baltic Sea, Latvia.
The people and the situations in the paintings appear to be frozen. What happened before and after the captured moment? The people in the paintings are surrounded by empty and quiet settings, facing away from the observer and appearing to be alienated from each other with an almost Edward Hopper-like narrative.
The body language and the gazes hint at a tension; hidden underneath the surface are conflicts and dark moods. Nature and the environment often come across as threatening. It can be the reflections on the water that is hiding something underneath the surface, the total darkness of the tree line along the horizon or the long shadows being cast on the pier, details that enigmatically let the viewer detect a disharmony.
The paintings can also be seen as ordinary memories of everyday life, without conflicts or something threatening, just situations as they happened that are actually peaceful and calm. Broos has an ability to find motifs and situations from everyday life and her surroundings that are emotionally charged with strong metaphorical qualities.
By using photographs as an original and then repeating the motifs in series Broos is exploring the differences between photography and painting. Her photorealist way of depicting her surroundings brings to mind a tradition of Scandinavian painters like Anders Zorn, Wilhelm Hammershöj and P.S. Kröyer.
Karin Broos is trained at Konstakademie St. Joost in Breda and Koninklijke akademie voor kunst en vormgeving in ’s Hertogenbosch, Holland. Broos had a national breakthrough with her exhibition at The Kristinehamn Art Musem in the Fall of 2008 and the first exhibition with the artist at the gallery in February 2009.