Mamma Andersson & Jockum Nordstrom: Who Is Sleeping on My Pillow

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Very Good; Hardcover; Light wear to the covers; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tall); Tan covers with painting illustration, and title printed in black lettering along the spine; 2010, David Zwirner Books; 247 pages; "Mamma Andersson & Jockum Nordstrom: Who Is Sleeping on My Pillow," by Paolo Colombo, et al. N° de ref. del artículo SKU-0017AD03807042

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Acerca del autor: Born 1962 in Luleå, Sweden, Mamma Andersson studied at the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, from 1986 to 1993. Her work has been represented by David Zwirner since 2004. She has had two solo exhibitions at the gallery in New York, including her United States debut in 2006. Her second gallery show in 2010, titled Who is sleeping on my pillow, marked the first time she exhibited alongside her artist-husband Jockum Nordström in concurrent solo exhibitions. She had her first museum solo exhibition in the United States at the Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, in 2010, and her first solo exhibition in Ireland at the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, in 2009. In 2006, the artist won the Carnegie Art Award, a prestigious prize for Nordic contemporary painting, which received a corresponding exhibition that traveled extensively throughout Europe. In 2007, she was the subject of a critically acclaimed, mid-career survey at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, which traveled to the Kunsthalle Helsinki and the Camden Arts Centre, London. Her work was represented in the Nordic Pavilion at the 50th Venice Biennale (2003). Andersson’s works are included in prominent collections internationally, including the Dallas Museum of Art; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Moderna Museet, Stockholm.

Jockum Nordström was born in 1963 in Stockholm, where he continues to live and work, and he has been represented by David Zwirner since 2000. In 2010, his fifth gallery show, titled Who is sleeping on my pillow, marked the first time he exhibited alongside his artist-wife Karin Mamma Andersson in concurrent solo exhibitions. In 2013, a major survey of the artist’s work was on view at the Lille Métropole, musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut in Villeneuve d’Ascq, France, which traveled to the Camden Arts Centre in London. He has exhibited in numerous solo shows at prominent institutions worldwide, including the Swedish Institute, Paris (2011); Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2010); and the Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2005). Nordström has participated in a number of recent group exhibitions, including the 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale, Greece (2011); Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall (2010); The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2009); Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2008); and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2007). Work by the artist is represented in major museum collections, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden; Helsingborgs Konstmuseum, Helsingborg, Sweden; Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina.

Born in Stockholm, Stig Claesson (1928–2008) was an award-winning Swedish writer, artist, and illustrator. He published more than eighty books during his lifetime, several of which were translated into English, with some adapted for television and theater. His Walking in the Sun from 1976 was made into a film.

Italian curator Paolo Colombo is an advisor to the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art. From 1989 to 2000, he was Director of the Centre d’Art Contemporain in Geneva, and from 2001 to 2007, he was Curator of the Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo in Rome.

Marcel Dzama was born in 1974 in Winnipeg, Canada, and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Since 1998, his work has been represented by David Zwirner, and he has exhibited widely both in the United States and internationally.

Anders Kruger is an artist, professor, and curator based in Sweden. He was Director of the Grafikens Hus in Mariefred, Sweden from 2008 to 2010.