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Outside - In
Mary Furniss, Mahadi Haidar, Ingrid Segring, Sara Sjoback, Henrik Stenberg, White Noise Dada and Klara Zetterholm
For Coulisse Gallery
“Nature is resonant with us because it exists outside of us, a powerful and autonomous entity. We are situated differently when we are within nature.”
- Hartmut Rosa
Exploring contemporary perspectives on the natural world, 'Outside-In' presents work investigating the influence and relationship between ecologies and creative practice, considering how we bring nature into our ever-expanding urbanised environments and consciousness. The age of the Anthropocene and its undeniable impact on our climate and ecosystems means that we continuously process and realise the earth's power and vulnerability. Here, the artists position us on a journey of resonance and connection in a space between reality and apocalyptical fiction, through wordless narratives, surrealist landscapes, and queer ecological mythmaking.
Mary Furniss
Mary Furniss creates intricate ink drawings, presented in upcycled wooden frames made from canvas stretchers, part of their ongoing project and graphic novel 'After Pandora'. The frames echo the structures of a religious shrine, giving the works a sense of holy reverence and timeless importance. Set in the future of a blackened Earth, we follow a black nihilist on their journey through space and time that is endless and indiscernible. Inspired by the theories of permaculture, Furniss's works tell the story of a protagonist longing to reverse 'the blackening of the green', a process in which toxicity has taken over and left the earth devoid of a healthy ecosystem. They search for a way to re- integrate land, resources and the environment, reversing toxic waste into a new
ecology.
Haidar Mahadi
Haidar Mahadi is a versatile ceramicist who manipulates his material and craft to meet new and unexpected forms that might not usually be associated with traditional ceramic sculpture. Bold and experimental, Mahadi's work is not afraid to change expressions and challenge audiences by doing the opposite of what is expected. The results in this exhibition represent a further departure for the artist as he pushed his experimentation with his medium even further. Mahdi's versatile production moves freely between contemporary art and ceramic design taking his medium in unexpected directions.
Ingrid Segring
Ingrid Segring’s graphite drawings are a refuge into a nostalgic, calm and quite gloomy world, oscillating between
the recognised and the unknown. An almost familiar story leaks through the seams as emotions about past and future emerge through wordless narratives. In her intuitive process, focusing on material translations and transformations, she explores how boundaries dissolve and blend when things meet and become part of a communal story. By bringing in both sculptural and painterly expressions, Segring plays with the potential of the material and its conceptual possibilities, presenting the viewer with a space of contemplation and quiet nostalgic remembrance.
Sara Sjöbäck
Sara Sjöbäck's work often originates from an autobiographical perspective and observing movement in the public sphere. She works freely in material with an attraction to the public sphere and heavy industry. Often in combination with light, she sculpts the hard materials into objects that stand alone or are part of a site-specific installation. Sjöbäck's work has been exhibited at Liljevalchs, Stockholms Auktionsverk (Stockholm auction house), Institute Suedoise in Paris, The Swedish embassy in Copenhagen, Nordiska Galleriet and Copenhagen Fashion Week.
Sara Sjöbäck
Sara Sjöbäck's work often originates from an autobiographical perspective and observing movement in the public sphere. She works freely in material with an attraction to the public sphere and heavy industry. Often in combination with light, she sculpts the hard materials into objects that stand alone or are part of a site-specific installation. Sjöbäck's work has been exhibited at Liljevalchs, Stockholms Auktionsverk (Stockholm auction house), Institute Suedoise in Paris, The Swedish embassy in Copenhagen, Nordiska Galleriet and Copenhagen Fashion Week.
Sara Sjöbäck
Sara Sjöbäck's work often originates from an autobiographical perspective and observing movement in the public sphere. She works freely in material with an attraction to the public sphere and heavy industry. Often in combination with light, she sculpts the hard materials into objects that stand alone or are part of a site-specific installation. Sjöbäck's work has been exhibited at Liljevalchs, Stockholms Auktionsverk (Stockholm auction house), Institute Suedoise in Paris, The Swedish embassy in Copenhagen, Nordiska Galleriet and Copenhagen Fashion Week.