Annika Larsson
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Annika Larsson is a contemporary art
ist living in New York
. She received a Master of Fine Arts from the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm.
Since the late 1990s, she has produced a body of work in video often consisting of men in highly-charged scenarios. Presented with a surface banality or with implied or explicit violence, and filmed in a sleek, polished style, without voiceover or dialogue, they are made up of slow gestures, dramatic camera angles and extreme close-ups. They create a subtle but palpable erotic tension.
In an interview with the Independent
newspaper she said, "a cliché is something that we are supposed to see in a certain way. When you get close to it, it can have a new meaning - it is that twist I am interested in." http://www.annikalarsson.com/Independent.html
Critic Maura Reilly wrote in Art in America in 2004, "Larsson has consistently sought to expose masculinity as a performance, and to explore male power plays of domination and submission." http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_5_93/ai_n13717478
She has exhibited at prestigious art venues including the Venice Biennale and Art Basel, as well as having solo exhibitions at the ICA in London, the Andrea Rosen gallery New York.
She has had a long standing collaboration with Tobias Bernstrup
and was director of photography on some performances by Vanessa Beecroft
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
ist living in New York
New York
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. She received a Master of Fine Arts from the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm.
Since the late 1990s, she has produced a body of work in video often consisting of men in highly-charged scenarios. Presented with a surface banality or with implied or explicit violence, and filmed in a sleek, polished style, without voiceover or dialogue, they are made up of slow gestures, dramatic camera angles and extreme close-ups. They create a subtle but palpable erotic tension.
In an interview with the Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
newspaper she said, "a cliché is something that we are supposed to see in a certain way. When you get close to it, it can have a new meaning - it is that twist I am interested in." http://www.annikalarsson.com/Independent.html
Critic Maura Reilly wrote in Art in America in 2004, "Larsson has consistently sought to expose masculinity as a performance, and to explore male power plays of domination and submission." http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_5_93/ai_n13717478
She has exhibited at prestigious art venues including the Venice Biennale and Art Basel, as well as having solo exhibitions at the ICA in London, the Andrea Rosen gallery New York.
She has had a long standing collaboration with Tobias Bernstrup
Tobias Bernstrup
Tobias Bernstrup is a contemporary artist working with videos, interactive works, live performances and electronic music...
and was director of photography on some performances by Vanessa Beecroft
Vanessa Beecroft
Vanessa Beecroft is an Italian contemporary artist living in Los Angeles.-Artistic practice:Beecroft's work is a fusion of conceptual issues and aesthetic concerns, focusing on large-scale performance art, usually involving live female models...