Tove Mauritzson Swedish, b. 1976
Än slank hon ner i diket, 2024
Oil on canvas
150 x 130 cm
Sold
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The title of the show, Keeper, can be interpreted in many ways; Mauritzson describes how one can keep and take care of living creatures or a collection of things, but...
The title of the show, Keeper, can be interpreted in many ways; Mauritzson describes how one can keep and take care of living creatures or a collection of things, but we also keep and cherish memories, stories, and traditions. Mauritzson begins her paintings with moments that are familiar and personal. She paints what she knows including her children and pets, as well as heirlooms and decorations from favourite Swedish holidays and from this starting point she improvises on the surface of the canvas to create her compositions. These notions are clearly visible in the painting titled, Än Slank Hon ner i Diket, which presents the viewer with a celebration centered at the family dining table. There is no clear definition for what stage or time of year the party is; has it already begun or is it over? The decorations merge the winter holiday of Christmas with summer crawfish festivities and hints of an Oktoberfest. Elegant military jackets are draped on tables which imply a sort of costume party as well. The various festivities come together like fragments of memories and create a space that we are all warmly invited to be a part of.