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Bella Rune | Digging

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12 March - 16 April 2022
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Press release

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We are pleased to present Bella Rune’s second solo exhibition at the gallery. Digging presents a number of new sculptures in textile, metal, wood, 3D printing and bronze. Sprung from an expanded concept of textile, with an interest in how patterns and repetition create surfaces, volumes and function, Bella Rune finds new context and meaning in how the analog and handmade can describe a new digital materiality.

 

In the video made for the exhibition, she talks about the work leading up to the exhibition, which she describes as ”an artistic, empathetic excavation of digitized museum archives in search of a multitude of human voices that, through shards and remnants, provide instructions for future strategies”.

 

Bella Rune (born 1971) lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. She is educated at Chelsea College of Arts in London, UK (1995–1998) and Beckmans School of Design, Stockholm, Sweden (1992–1994). Bella Rune works with sculpture, often with a performative element. She experiments effectively with different materials and techniques. In the ongoing projectKonsekvensanalys (Impact analysis) she explores the interface between physical reality and a virtual world with augmented reality. The project has been presented in several exhibitions, including Stadsskogen, Uppsala Sweden (2015), Konstmuseet i Norr, Kiruna, Sweden (2016), Tensta Konsthall, Sweden (2018) and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia (2018) as well as a site specific permanent public commission at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden (2018). Bella Rune curated the exhibition Textila undertexter (Textile Subtexts) together with Helena Selder, which was first shown at Marabouparken (2016) and then at Malmö Art Museum (2017). In the exhibition she made a larger installation also serving as exhibition design. Her solo presentation Vertical Network Performance at Market art fair in Stockholm, Sweden (2018), the exhibition XYZ at the gallery (2019) and Skendöd (Suspended Animation) at Carl Eldh’s studio museum (2020) received great attention and she is now represented in the collections such as Moderna Museet, Stockholm and Magasin III, Stockholm, Sweden. Up until 2021, Bella Rune was a professor of Fine Art, Textile at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm.

 

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Vi har glädjen att bjuda in till Bella Runes andra separatutställning på galleriet. I Digging presenteras ett flertal nya skulpturer i textil, metall, trä, 3D-printing och brons. Med utgångspunkt i ett utvidgat textilt begrepp med intresse för hur mönster och repetition skapar ytor, volymer och funktion hittar Bella Rune nya sammanhang och frågeställningar kring hur det analoga och hantverksmässiga kan beskriva en ny digital materialitet. 

I filmen nedan berättar hon om arbetet med utställningen som hon beskriver som ”en konstnärlig, empatisk utgrävning av digitaliserade museiarkiv på jakt efter en mångfald av mänskliga röster som genom skärvor och lämningar ger instruktioner för framtida strategier ”.

 

 

Bella Rune (född 1971) bor och arbetar i Stockholm. Hon är utbildad vid Chelsea College of Art i London, Storbritannien (1995–1998) och på Beckmans School of Design, Stockholm (1992–1994). Bella Rune arbetar med skulptur med ett performativt inslag och experimenterar effektivt med olika material och tekniker. I det pågående arbetet Konsekvensanalys utforskar hon t.ex. gränssnittet mellan fysisk verklighet och en virtuell värld med hjälp av augmented reality. Projektet har redovisats i flera utställningar, bl.a. Stadsskogen, Uppsala (2015), Konstmuseet i Norr, Kiruna (2016), Tensta Konsthall (2018) och Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moskva (2018) samt i en platsspecifik permanent utsmyckning på Handelshögskolan i Stockholm (2018). Bella Rune curerade utställningen Textila undertexter tillsammans med Helena Selder, som först visades på Marabouparken (2016) och sedan på Malmö Konstmuseum (2017). I utställningen visade hon också en större installation som samtidigt fungerade som utställningsdesign. Hennes presentation Vertical Network Performance på konstmässan Market (2018), utställningen XYZ på galleriet (2019) och Skendöd på Carl Eldhs ateljémuseum (2020) fick stor uppmärksamhet och hon finns nu bl.a. representerad i samlingarna på Moderna Museet och Magasin III. Bella Rune var fram till 2021 professor i textil på Konstfack och koncentrerar sig nu på sitt eget konstnärliga arbete.

Works
  • Bella Rune, Souvenirs from Flat Earth (Past Tension), 2022
    Bella Rune, Souvenirs from Flat Earth (Past Tension), 2022
  • Bella Rune, Souvenirs from Flat Earth (Instructions for Future Strategies), 2022
    Bella Rune, Souvenirs from Flat Earth (Instructions for Future Strategies), 2022
  • Bella Rune, Souvenirs from Flat Earth (Evidence of Existence), 2022
    Bella Rune, Souvenirs from Flat Earth (Evidence of Existence), 2022
  • Bella Rune, Monument of Mutability, 2022
    Bella Rune, Monument of Mutability, 2022
  • Bella Rune, Ghosted, 2021
    Bella Rune, Ghosted, 2021
  • Bella Rune, Cradle of Cognition, 2021
    Bella Rune, Cradle of Cognition, 2021
  • Bella Rune, Equilibrist, 2021
    Bella Rune, Equilibrist, 2021
  • Bella Rune, Container, 2022
    Bella Rune, Container, 2022
  • Bella Rune, Sewing Circle, 2022
    Bella Rune, Sewing Circle, 2022
  • Bella Rune, Memory, 2022
    Bella Rune, Memory, 2022
Installation Views
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Video
News
  • Conversation between Bella Rune and Malte Persson

    Conversation between Bella Rune and Malte Persson

    Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Thursday April 7, 5:30 pm April 4, 2022
    Welcome to a conversation between Bella Rune and Malte Persson. The talk will circle around Bella Rune’s current exhibition ’Digging’ and Malte Persson’s book ’Undergången’...
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Press
  • Cover of SvD Perfect Guide, 2.4 2022

    Interview in SvD Perfect Guide, Bella Rune

    Lars Collin, SvD, April 2, 2022

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