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Exhibitions winter/spring 2013
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Upcoming: Klara Kristalova
March 23 - June 2 2013
Many contemporary artists employ techniques which have traditionally been associated with handicraft rather than visual arts. Some express themselves through textiles, while others choose to work in ceramics and clay.
The artist Klara Kristalova, born in 1967, often works with glazed stoneware sculptures. Her art is characterised by a personal idiom with references to fairytales, myths and popular culture. With at times dark humour she depicts the fragility of youth and the worlds of children and animals. An adolescent woman is a recurring motif in many of her sculptures. Another frequently occurring figure is half human, half animal. Klara Kristalova’s art could be placed in a Nordic tradition, with its proximity to deep forests, animals and vegetation, and into this tradition she infuses her own contemporary stories.
The exhibition Klara Kristalova includes both large and small sculptures, as well as sketches, drawings and watercolours, covering the entire working process, from sketch to finished work. The exhibition is produced by Bonniers Konsthall.
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Orpheus playing for the animals: Early painting from the collection
13 Oct - Jan 2013
The son of the muse Calliope and the god Apollo, Orpheus played the lyre so beautifully that he charmed the animals. In Johan Henrik Scheffel’s (1690-1781) painting Orpheus playing for the animals from 1706, this scene is depicted in an idyllic and detailed manner. In the exhibition, the painting is presented in the context of other rarely displayed scenes, portraits, still lifes and landscapes.
Västerås konstmuseum’s collection comprises primarily Swedish art from the 20th century. There is also a small collection of early works from the 17th and 18th centuries. Artists include: Georg Hainz, Pehr Hilleström, Per Krafft the Elder and Johan Henrik Scheffel.
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