Mamma Andersson

Dazzle, 2011
Mixed media on panel, 99x184.5 cm
Doldrums, 2011
Mixed media on panel, 107x195 cm
Ramble On, 2011
Mixed media on panel, 111,5x228,5 cm

Images via Galleri Magnus Karlsson exhibit, "Dog Days".

My good friend Jason Stopa had the opportunity to interview the exceptional painter Mamma Andersson for NY Arts Magazine recently and the result is a fascinating insight into her work and process. One particular part of the interview stuck with me, in which Andersson says,

"It is just daily life that interests me, all those days that just go on. It is in them that great events take place, right in front of us, but we hardly notice them. At its best, we understand afterwards what happened. It applies to love, degradation, persecution, actually everything. Suddenly, it is summer and we never noticed that spring passed."

Guest Blogger: Alan Kitchen

Alan Kitchen

This week's guest blogger is fellow artist and good friend Alan Kitchen. The image above is a recent creation of his which I believe is making its debut in cyberspace here at minutiae. I have mentioned his work previously on this blog, and I'm prevelidged to have another great artist write a list of other visual artists that he has been interested in recently and albums that have provided a soundtrack for his art-making process:

Herbert Baglione

Hiroshi Sugito , "The Sea"

Karin 'Mamma Andersson' "Cul de Sac"

Michael Raedecker, "scene", 1997, Acrylic and Thread on Linen, 50 x 60cm

Zachary Rossman, "Apparition"

And for your listening pleasure, check out these albums:

1. Sigur Ros--Hvarf/Heim
2. Iron and Wine--The Shepard's Dog
3. Low--Things We Lost in the Fire(older but still wonderful)
4.The National--Alligator
5. Jose Gonzalez--In Our Nature