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Dax att presentera nästa konstbokning som vi är så otroligt glad för! Sara Sjöbäck är en konstnär som bor och verkar mellan Malmö och Stockholm. Hon gick MFA-programmet vid Royal College of Art, London 2019. Sjöbäck kommer från en liten industristad i södra Sverige och utmanar industriella materials funktionalitet och känslomässiga laddning. Sjöbäck lärde sig använda mekaniska verktyg från tidig ålder genom sin fars mekaniska verkstad, och tog dessa processer och tekniker och gjorde dem till sina egna. Hon hittar distinkta uttrycksformer och berättande och skapar nya berättelser med metall, glas och neon samtidigt som hon utforskar teman om kön, ursprung, arv och kultur. Materialen bryts, viks och lagas i en fysiskt uttömmande och arbetskrävande process, som slutligen får en ny form och mening. Sjöbäcks process börjar ofta i liten skala med personliga anekdoter och upplevelser, vilket resulterar i stora installationer och arbeten som ofta beställs för offentliga platser runt om i Sverige Kombinationen av Saras konst och Furillen som plats känns enormt triggande! 💚⚙️

’V70XIII’ Special thanks to @kalochstalunionen @ahnelovsindustrimalning and Ibrahim 🧠 GPS: Kumla, Konst på hög

V70 Folded aluminum car hoods, public sculpture. 4m x 2.5m @plxplxplx Tjärö, 2021

Sara Sjöbäcks exhibition ’Like Me’, runs until the 8th of May. This is her first solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting five new sculptural works. Following her recent solo exhibition ‘Förlåt’, at Sjöbo Konsthall, the exhibition takes its point of departure from the phrase ‘Like Me’ and its dual use and interpretation. ‘Like Me’ is an exploration of heritage and identity, Volvo car parts disassembled and destroyed, carefully put back together again in a process that both questions and celebrates our shared experiences through materiality. For Sara, a scrapyard is a place that holds collective histories and memories, and she carefully sources pieces that she can use to sculpt. Through a process of destruction, the pieces are brutally beaten, hammered and folded, a physical undertaking that is both cathartic and exhausting. This is followed by a series of repairs; pieces are screwed together, varnished and neon lights are added, creating objects that are visually charged and carry a resilient glow. Sara’s methodology uses destruction and repair as both a physical and metaphorical representation of our relationships with others and our surroundings. 📷 @lmexo

A second excerpt from SVT where Sara Sjöbäcks practice was featured a little while ago. Her upcoming solo exhibition with us, ‘Like Me’ opens on the 25th of April from 5-8 PM. Sara Sjöbäck (b. Sweden, 1988) is an artist who lives and works between Malmö and Stockholm. She attended the MFA programme at the Royal College of Art, London in 2019. Hailing from a small industrial town in southern Sweden, Sjöbäck’s work interrogates industrial materials’ functionality and emotional charge. Learning to use mechanical tools from an early age through her father’s mechanical shop, Sjöbäck took these processes and techniques from him and his peers and made them her own. She finds distinctive forms of expression and narration and creates new stories with metal, glass, and neon while exploring themes of gender, origin, heritage, and culture. The materials are broken, folded, and mended in a physically exhaustive and labour-intensive process, finally taking on a new shape and meaning. Sjöbäcks process often begins on a small scale with personal anecdotes and experiences, resulting in large installations and works commissioned for public spaces around Sweden. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2024 Like Me, Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm 2024 förlåt, Sjöbo Konstha, Sjöbo 2023 Something needs to break 1, Swedish Embassy, Copenhagen 2022 Lights Out, Mackan, Malmö Selected Group Exhibitions 2023 Heatwave, Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm 2023 Outside-In, Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm 2022 Lights Out, Liljevalchs Art museum, Stockholm 2022 Lights Out, Coulisse Gallery Stockholm 2021 Alla bara dör, Alta Art Space, Malmö 2021 V70, PLX-art & music incubator, Tjärö 2021 Du fucking taender mig, Swedish embassy, Copenhagen 2021 Stainless, Stockholm Auctionhouse, Stockholm @svt @sarasjoback

Coulisse Gallery is proud to present ‘Like Me’, Sara Sjöbäck’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, presenting five new sculptural works. The exhibition takes its point of departure from the phrase ‘Like Me’ and its dual use and interpretation. ‘Like Me’ is an exploration of heritage and identity, Volvo car parts disassembled and destroyed, carefully put back together again in a process that both questions and celebrates our shared experiences through materiality. For Sara, a scrapyard is a place that holds collective histories and memories, and she carefully sources pieces that she can use to sculpt. Through a process of destruction, the pieces are brutally beaten, hammered and folded, a physical undertaking that is both cathartic and exhausting. This is followed by a series of repairs; pieces are screwed together, varnished and neon lights are added, creating objects that are visually charged and carry a resilient glow. Sara’s methodology uses destruction and repair as both a physical and metaphorical representation of our relationships with others and our surroundings. Sara Sjöbäck (b. Sweden, 1988) is an artist who lives and works between Malmö and Stockholm. She attended the MFA program at the Royal College of Art, London in 2019. Hailing from a small industrial town in southern Sweden, Sjöbäck’s work interrogates industrial materials’ functionality and emotional charge. Learning to use mechanical tools from an early age through her father’s mechanical shop, Sjöbäck took these processes and techniques and made them her own. She finds distinctive forms of expression and narration and creates new stories with metal, glass, and neon while exploring themes of gender, origin, heritage, and culture. The materials are broken, folded, and mended in a physically exhaustive and labor-intensive process, finally taking on a new shape and meaning. Sjöbäcks process often begins on a small scale with personal anecdotes and experiences, resulting in large installations and works commissioned for public spaces around Sweden.

A small excerpt from SVT where Sara Sjöbäcks practice was featured a little while ago. Her upcoming solo exhibition with us, ‘Like Me’ opens on the 25th of April from 5-8 PM. Sara Sjöbäck (b. Sweden, 1988) is an artist who lives and works between Malmö and Stockholm. She attended the MFA programme at the Royal College of Art, London in 2019. Hailing from a small industrial town in southern Sweden, Sjöbäck’s work interrogates industrial materials’ functionality and emotional charge. Learning to use mechanical tools from an early age through her father’s mechanical shop, Sjöbäck took these processes and techniques from him and his peers and made them her own. She finds distinctive forms of expression and narration and creates new stories with metal, glass, and neon while exploring themes of gender, origin, heritage, and culture. The materials are broken, folded, and mended in a physically exhaustive and labour-intensive process, finally taking on a new shape and meaning. Sjöbäcks process often begins on a small scale with personal anecdotes and experiences, resulting in large installations and works commissioned for public spaces around Sweden. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2024 Like Me, Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm 2024 förlåt, Sjöbo Konstha, Sjöbo 2023 Something needs to break 1, Swedish Embassy, Copenhagen 2022 Lights Out, Mackan, Malmö Selected Group Exhibitions 2023 Heatwave, Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm 2023 Sluren glass, Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm 2022 Lights Out, Liljevalchs Art museum, Stockholm 2022 Lights Out, Coulisse Gallery Stockholm 2021 Alla bara dör, Alta Art Space, Malmö 2021 V70, PLX-art & music incubator, Tjärö 2021 Du fucking taender mig, Swedish embassy, Copenhagen 2021 Stainless, Stockholm Auctionhouse, Stockholm @svt @sarasjoback

We are proud to present Coulisse artist Sara Sjöbäck’s solo exhibition ‘Förlåt’ at Sjöbo konsthall. A homecoming to the place she grew up in and left, the exhibition deals with a longing and guilt over wanting to be free but at the same time belong. A kind of alienation and introversion where she processes the feeling of growing apart from her hometown and the struggle to maintain her identity. In Sjöbäck’s installations, parallels to the auto industry and the car culture that strongly characterized her upbringing are noticeable, but also the longing for the city, neon lights and speed where the bus became a symbol of freedom. Sara Sjöbäck (b. Sweden, 1988) is an artist who lives and works between Malmö and Stockholm. She graduated with an MFA from the Royal College of Art, London in 2019. Hailing from a small industrial town in southern Sweden, Sjöbäck’s work interrogates industrial materials’ functionality and emotional charge. Learning to use mechanical tools from an early age through her father’s mechanical shop, Sjöbäck took these processes and techniques from him and his peers and made them her own. She finds distinctive forms of expression and narration and creates new stories with metal, glass, and neon while exploring themes of gender, origin, heritage, and culture. The materials are broken, folded, and mended in a physically exhaustive and labor-intensive process, finally taking on a new shape and meaning. Sjöbäcks process often begins on a small scale with personal anecdotes and experiences, resulting in large installations and works commissioned for public spaces around Sweden. @sjobokonsthall @sarasjoback Photographed by @david_neman

𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙤: a look behind the scenes into Coulisse artist Sara Sjöbacks studio and workshop process. Sara is working towards a solo exhibition at the gallery in May 2024 as well as a public sculpture and other exciting projects! More announcements to follow soon. @sarasjoback

You are the reason I saw the light wip. Special thanks to: @dyych @bikerbicefrommars @viktorhe @porkyper @nina_persson_

Sara Sjöback is part of ’Heatwave Vol I’ now on view at the gallery and online. DM or email us for available works. Some things need to break Folded aluminium, neon white light 116 x 96 x 20 cm 2023 📷 @lmexo

’Heatwave Vol. I’ Coulisse Gallery is proud to present our first edition of ‘Heatwave’, an annual summer exhibition viewable online and by appointment at the gallery until August 11th. This year's edition includes works by Ebba Birkflo, Lucas Dupuy, Daniel Fleur and Sara Sjöback. 📷 @lmexo