Mats Leiderstam exhibition Seen from here
26.4.–31.5.2008 at Wilfried Lentz in Rotterdam
For many centuries, artists have been delivering artistic interpretations of our environment. And their works as well as the context in which these are exhibited, feed back into this (cultural) experience of viewing. Matts Leiderstam is interested in this interaction and in how context and time influence our perceptions. Leiderstam revives for example the meanings of old paintings, investigates their origins and the way that these images are being presented and seduces the audience with new stories.
Matts Leiderstam is born in Gothenburg, Sweden (1956) and lives in Stockholm. He got his M.A. at Valand, University of Gothenburg College of Art and his Ph.D. in Fine Arts at the Malmö Art Academy.
Leiderstam’s project Grand Tour was shown at Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, and travelled to Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee Scotland, Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden and Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz. In 2007 he was shown at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm and at the Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe. This last show was reviewed in Art Forum and Springerin. Upcoming solo-exhibitions include the Belgrade Modern Museum and the Düsseldorf Kunsthalle and Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary.
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Wilfried Lentz
Groot Handelsgebouw
Stationsplein 45, Unit C 1. 140
Postbus 132, 3000 AC Rotterdam
Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary