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Mamma Andersson

The Swedish artist’s strange compositions, culled from a range of sources, travel to Louisiana in Denmark

About a Girl (2005), Mamma Andersson.

About a Girl (detail; 2005), Mamma Andersson. Michael Storåkers Collection. Photo: Johann Bergenholtz; courtesy the artist, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stephen Friedman Gallery and David Zwirner

The strange and sometimes unsettling paintings of the Swedish artist Mamma Andersson include quiet landscapes, claustrophobic interiors and studies of distant figures or sitters facing away. The scenes are drawn from a range of sources – Old Master paintings, found photographs, films, newspaper clippings. This exhibition at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art will include works from the past two decades as well as a new series of specially commissioned paintings; it runs from 17 June until 10 October. Find out more from Louisiana’s website. 

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Swannery (2019), Mamma Andersson. Private collection, Dallas. Photo: Lucy Dawkins; courtesy the artist, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stephen Friedman Gallery and David Zwirner

Dead End (2010), Mamma Andersson. FWA Foundations for Woman Artists. Photo: Per-Erik Adamsson; courtesy the artist, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stephen Friedman Gallery and David Zwirner

About a Girl (2005), Mamma Andersson. Photo: Johann Bergenholtz; courtesy the artist, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stephen Friedman Gallery and David Zwirner

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