daily thistles

Recently, I have been working on two public commissions. They are for a newly built library in Uppsala. The art work is to be placed inside two wooden boxes – cabinets with glass fronts. One box will contain these "thistles", and will be placed in the Math department.  

Pics of the other one tomorrow..!

Ebba Stålhandske

Mattias and Ebba

Time flies and this weekend is the last chance to see the exquisite work by Kaleido colleague Ebba Stålhandske! A beautiful exhibition - you almost feel the scent of all the roses.

Ebba is a milliner (hat seamstress) and textile artist. In her exhibition Bland franska rosor (Among French roses) she shows textiles inspired by the Rose Garden in Blois, France.

Open until Sunday Sept. 16th, 12 - 16.

Hurry!

Shoeroom at Studio L2

Tarja Pitkänen-Walter

Gallerist Louise Lidströmer with beautiful shoes of her own. Painting by Lennart Aschenbrenner and my own paper boots in front

Annika Liljedahl; sewn, painted and run over shoes

Sten Malcolm Rosenlund; feet belong to Karin Mamma Andersson, Yoko Ono and Jasper Johns

Behind my boots, prints by Kent Karlsson

Kristina Abelli Elander

Måna Grivner

Per B Sundberg

S H O E R O O M

8 september – 6 oktober

tis – fre 12 – 17  lör 12 – 16

STUDIO L2

Kindstugatan 3, 111 31 Stockholm

www.lidstromer.com

Välkommen! - Welcome!

Hobo at Shoeroom

This is my contribution to the Shoeroom exhibition; Hobo - Homeward Bound

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S H O E R O O M

Many people love and collect shoes

and there are many hidden Imelda Marcos among us.

Historically shoes have often symbolized status and desire for power.

The rich could afford it, the poor had to go barefoot or in wooden shoes.

Why are shoes so important for our well-being?

A Cinderella’s dream?  Status? Passion?

In the art history we met van Gogh’s boots, Goya’s pointy silk shoes,

Degas’ ballet shoes, clogs by Gustave Courbet, Ball shoes by

Helene Schjerfbeck, the list can be long…

But what about the contemporary artists’ approach to shoes?

STUDIO L2 has been looking for footprints and finds traces by

Kristina Abelli Elander

Lennart Aschenbrenner

Måna Grivner

Kent Karlsson

Cecilia Levy

Annika Liljedahl

Tarja Pitkänen-Walter

Sten Malcolm Rosenlund

Per B Sundberg

PG Thelander

8 September – 6 October

Tuesday - Friday 12 - 17  Saturday 12 - 16

Studio L2, Kindstugatan 3, Old Town, Stockholm

www.lidstromer.com

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these boots are not made for walking

I started off with my own wellingtons. They served as moulds and were removed when the first paper layer was dry.

Then I tore book pages for strips. Three different books were used for slightly different coloring and typography.

Fringes were cut with scissors and each strip carefully curled.

Getting down to business.

I wanted a "hairy" look.  Strip after strip was pasted on...

...after strip

...after strip

...almost there!

I'm taking part of a group show at Galleri L2 in Stockholm and the theme is shoes! I'll show the finished pair here tomorrow :)