Kent Iwemyr | The Vintage Show
Galleri Magnus Karlsson is pleased to announce Kent Iwemyr’s sixth solo exhibition in the gallery. The Vintage Show presents recent paintings and is his first major solo exhibition in Stockholm since 2002.
Kent Iwemyr made his debut with an exhibition at Galleri Magnus Karlsson in Västerås (100 km west of Stockholm) in 1992. He was then 48 years old and had mostly been working as an art teacher after his studies at University College of Arts. He returned to the imagery he had as a teenager and set out to tell the story about people close to him. With a sincere love for the outré and strange, and a desire to give it a voice, he gained a unique position in the art world. In a time of uniformity and the pursuit of perfection Iwemyr’s paintings bring a much-needed reminder of the importance of pluralism and the beauty of the uncompleted.
”...The heart of Kent Iwemyr’s pictorial world is a Place in Bergslagen. Iron mill country, covering only a few square metric miles. The tilthammer is silent now. And themelting pot is transforming. But the earth still breathes timelessmemories and stories. A fizzing,multifarious brew of tradition and opposition.
This is a small Place for big dreams. The people circle around the existential base line. Headstrong, proud, often solitary, slightly chipped and ponderous. But nevertheless on their way, with the dream sail hoisted, albeit slightly askew, at full speed...”
From A Love Song to the Ramshakle by Annika Nordin. The full text is included in a catalogue released for the exhibition. Annika Nordin is a Swedish journalist and writer specialising in the arts, psychoanalysis and feminism.
Watch an interview with Kent Iwemyr about the exhibition (in Swedish)
Kent Iwemyr (b.1944) lives and works in Hallstahammar, Sweden. He has had solo exhibitions in galleries in Sweden, USA, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Bermuda.
