This essay examines four artworks by swedish artists Monica Sjöö and Anna Sjödal, which depicts motherhood from the 1970s to 1980s. With purpose to investigate what the artworks and the artist lives can tell about being a mother, woman, and female artist during the afformentioned time in Sweden. The theoretical framework used in this essay to grasp...
This study seeks to address the difficulty of pricing art and the limitations of conventional valuation models by using visual analysis to determine the price of paintings. We examine a large hand-collected sample of classical paintings by Swedish Masters, categorize them based on various dimensions, and reduce measurement error by visually examini...
In waking life, in dreams. As Leonor attends the last year of catholic school in Leiria, Portugal, a new girl joins the class, and Rita is plagued by visions of a dragon following her relentlessly. The Monster in My Closet is a graphic novel about confronting one’s inner demons against the backdrop of a wider belief system. It depicts a journey of ...
This study embarks on an art-historical exploration of August Strindberg's connections with various artistic movements, specifically Realism, Post-Impressionism, and Expressionism. It aims to deepen the understanding of the influence these movements had on Strindberg's creative output and how his artistic works, in turn, mirrored and contributed to...
This article investigates a series of artworks and design objects damaged during the Planalto Riots on the 8th of January, 2023. Whereas the media quickly picked up the staggering costs of repairing the objects, this article reflects on how these objects' symbolic meaning and material history were affected by the traumatic confrontation with the ne...
År 1937 instiftades Statens konstråd, den statliga myndighet som än i dag har ansvar för att tillgängliggöra konst i offentliga miljöer över hela landet. Statens konstråds tillkomst fungerar ofta som en given utgångspunkt då den offentliga konsten och konstpolitiken i 1900-talets svenska välfärdsstat diskuteras. De ideologiska premisserna för denna...
The care of church textiles in Sweden has been regulated by church order for almost 500 years and later by Swedish law. There is a common perception of their value as carriers of culture and history. This paper aims to study the textile competence of the people responsible for inventories and textiles in the parishes, what they see as the biggest c...
