Andréhn-Schiptjenko
Sabine Mirlesse , Etats-Unis
"Voyant" United States
Geomancy etymologically refers to divination of the earth but finds its practical manifestation in many forms, from dowsing to the way a handful of soil falls to the ground. In this new exhibition, following years of ephemeral monumental installations in and activated by the landscape, Sabine Mirlesse invites us to consider what the “mancy” of geomancy could truly signify – what it means to divine from the earth, or rather to read it. Through a series of sculptures and photographs all made with landscape reading in mind, Mirlesse proposes a set of instruments to arrive at the oracular and the human desire to make manifest something that is otherwise invisible, through forms inspired by etymologies and poetics.
Personal exhibition by Sabine Mirlesse
From May 24 to July 20, 2024
The gallery
Since its founding in 1991, the Andréhn-Schiptjenko gallery has consistently committed itself to working on an international stage and representing emerging and established contemporary artists from around the world, working with painting, sculpture, photography, film, digital media, as well as installations and site-specific works.
With a deep interest in exhibition as a form, the gallery has presented groundbreaking exhibitions, successfully launching the careers of Scandinavian artists such as Cajsa von Zeipel, Gunnel Wåhlstrand, Annika von Hausswolff, and Matts Leiderstam, and providing Uta Barth, Cecilia Bengolea, José León Cerrillo, Martín Soto Climent, Ridley Howard, Tony Matelli, and Xavier Veilhan with their first European or Scandinavian solo exhibitions. In recent years, the gallery has also showcased works by deceased artists such as Francesca Woodman and Siri Derkert, successfully renewing critical and public interest in their work.
Establishing itself as one of the leading galleries in Scandinavia, the gallery maintains privileged relationships with museums and collectors and is also involved in projects in the public sphere. In 2019, the gallery moved to a new space in central Stockholm and, as a means of permanently expanding the gallery's international reach, also opened a second space in Paris, allowing for a closer relationship with the gallery's international network.
For almost three decades, Andréhn-Schiptjenko has participated in international art fairs such as Art Basel, Independent New York and Brussels, CHART Copenhagen, Material Art Fair Mexico City, and FIAC Paris. It is owned and operated by Ciléne Andréhn and Marina Schiptjenko, both long-time figures in the art world, beyond the gallery, serving as members of art fair selection committees and board members of institutions and the Swedish Gallery Association.
Gallery artists
Uta Barth, Tobias Bernstrup, José León Cerrillo, Jacob Dahlgren, Siri Derkert, Carin Ellberg, Elisabeth Frieberg, Mark Frygell, Siobhán Hapaska, Annika von Hausswolff, Ridley Howard, Martin Jacobson, Kristina Jansson, Lena Johansson, Brad Kahlhamer, Annika Larsson, Matts Leiderstam, Linder, Tony Matelli, Nandipha Mntambo, Santiago Mostyn, Julie Roberts, Yngvild Saeter, Martín Soto Climent, Per B Sundberg, Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Xavier Veilhan, Gunnel Wåhlstrand, Cajsa von Zeipel