Artists: Zoe Barcza, Helga Bärnarp, Alfred Boman, Viktor Fordell, Anders Johansson, Ksenia Pedan, Hilde Retzlaff
Exhibition title: Kanaan
Venue: Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: October 10, 2020 – , 2021
Photography: Courtesy the artists
Dears Mrs Kerth,
How pleased I am to finally be in contact with you. Thank you for paying attention to my request about the object ‘Model of a bread’ in your collection. This object caught my particular interest as it has the appearance of a common stone. When I first saw it, I was touched by the idea that it had caught an archeologist’s attention as something more than a stone. I have been returning to this object in my thoughts over the last couple of months.
I have seen some other breads from Egyptian Antiquity in the Egyptian Museum of Turin and they all looked quite different from this one – porous and brittle in comparison. Is it perhaps a type of ceramic object which symbolizes a bread and has some ingredients of a bread? You mentioned that it contains emmer wheat. The description ‘model of a bread’ suggests that it is a mere representation. I also noted that you referred to it as a “bread” within citation marks.
Could you tell me about the site from where it was retrieved? I am now assuming that it was found inside a tomb – and due to its location it was identified as something more than a stone.
Many thanks for your time.
Kind regards,
Hilde Retzlaff
Kanaan, 2020, exhibition view, group show at Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm
Kanaan, 2020, exhibition view, group show at Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm
Kanaan, 2020, exhibition view, group show at Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm
Kanaan, 2020, exhibition view, group show at Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm
Kanaan, 2020, exhibition view, group show at Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm
Kanaan, 2020, exhibition view, group show at Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm
Helga Bärnarp, Untitled, 2020, watercolor on canvas
Helga Bärnarp, Untitled, 2020, watercolor on canvas
Viktor Fordell, Carry me, 2020, Paper, glue
Alfred Boman, The child you get, 2020, clay, metal, textile and mannequin
Alfred Boman, The child you get, 2020, clay, metal, textile and mannequin
Zoe Barcza, A Neurotic Obsession For Rigor, 2020, acrylic, vinyl paint and collage on canvas
Kanaan, 2020, exhibition view, group show at Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm
Alfred Boman, Blümchen, 2020, oil on canvas
Kanaan, 2020, exhibition view, group show at Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm
Kanaan, 2020, exhibition view, group show at Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm
Hilde Retzlaff, Untitled, 2020, paper, thread and acrylic on linen
Hilde Retzlaff, Untitled, 2020, paper, thread and acrylic on linen
Hilde Retzlaff, Untitled, 2020, paper, thread and acrylic on linen
Kanaan, 2020, exhibition view, group show at Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm
Anders Johansson, Ankjakt (Duck hunt), 2020, cardboard, pine wood, masonite, photographic print, acrylic paint
Anders Johansson, Frige unge Anders (Free young Anders), 2020, cardboard, pine wood, masonite, photographic print, acrylic paint
Kanaan, 2020, exhibition view, group show at Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm
Kanaan, 2020, exhibition view, group show at Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm
Ksenia Pedan, Untitled, 2020, acoustic guitar, LED spotlights
Ksenia Pedan, Untitled, 2020, sofa table, LED spotlights
Ksenia Pedan, Untitled, 2020, print, epoxi, wood, sinkhole
Kanaan, 2020, exhibition view, group show at Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm
Viktor Fordell, Malin, 2020, MDF, acrylic, inkjet print, paper, glue
Viktor Fordell, Untitled, 2020 paper, glue, glass, wire, battery
Kanaan, 2020, exhibition view, group show at Kvarnviken Mill, Stockholm
Alfred Boman, The child you want, 2020, clay, metal, textile and mannequin
Alfred Boman, The child you want, 2020, clay, metal, textile and mannequin
