Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm -HÅKAN REHNBERG And He Stutters

Dear Shaded Viewers,

HÅKAN REHNBERG
AND HE STUTTERS
OCTOBER 4 – NOVEMBER 3, 2007

Galerie Nordenhake is very pleased to present a solo exhibition And he stutters by Swedish artist Håkan Rehnberg. The show presents recent sculptures made of glass, aluminium and steel, as well as paintings on acrylic glass from the Fading series.

Rehnberg’s sculptures reflect ideas about architecture. The viewer’s body meets the sculpture in its reflection on the glass whilst the surrounding architecture is drawn into the work. The title And he stutters addresses the work’s personal, verbal and semiotic aspects. Fragments of words are repeated. The stuttering draws out time resulting in something else formed in the resulting space. The sculptures and paintings develop an interdependence through the artist’s aesthetic practice. Each stroke of paint is clearly defined on the plexi surface in the same way that each element in the sculptures reveals traces of its function.

Håkan Rehnberg’s work is, it can be claimed, unforgiving and hides nothing. Each stroke of paint is definitive and cannot be changed: all is visible, nothing is hidden. Each gesture represents a fragment rather than a romantic expression.

Håkan Rehnberg was born 1953 in Göteborg. He lives and works in Stockholm. He has been chairman of Royal Academy of Fine Arts since 2000. Rehnberg has exhibited widely both in Sweden and internationally, including Studio A, Otterndorf, Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst (Germany), Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, (Denmark), Reykavik Art Museum (Iceland), Helsinki City Art Museum (Finland), Centre Culturel Suédois (France). Venues in Sweden include Moderna Museet, Malmö Konstmuseum, Millesgården, Eskilstuna Konsthall, Rooseum, Wanås slottspark, and Liljevalchs Konsthall.

Opening: Thursday October 4, 2007, 17.00-20.00
Exhibition period: October 5 - November 3, 2007
Installation views are available after the opening at www.nordenhake.com
Please contact the gallery for further information and press images

CHRISTIAN ANDERSSON MIROSLAW BALKA ANN BÖTTCHER JOHN COPLANS JONAS DAHLBERG ANN EDHOLM SPENCER FINCH HREINN FRIDFINNSSON ANTONY GORMLEY FRANKA HÖRNSCHEMEYER GUNILLA KLINGBERG Eva LÖFDAHL INGO MELLER MEUSER ESKO MÄNNIKKÖ SIROUS NAMAZI WALTER NIEDERMAYR MARJETICA POTRČ HÅKAN REHNBERG ULRICH RÜCKRIEM KARIN SANDER MICHAEL SCHMIDT LEON TARASEWICZ JOHAN THURFJELL ALAN UGLOW GÜNTER UMBERG MAGNUS WALLIN RÉMY ZAUGG

Later,

Diane