Recent exhibition:
June 9–August 13, 2016
Matts Leiderstam’s First Seen (2008) is an installation constituent of a framed vintage album print, a book, and a magnifying glass. In this work, the artist uses a tropical scenery photograph, taken during a U.S. naval expedition in Panama in 1870–71, and combines this print with a book and his own text, questioning how the preconditions—biography, bibliography, and provenance—influence the act of seeing. Read more>> here.
“I think the gallery should be the place where you can experience art. Moreover I see a next step where the collector becomes a co-producer in creating work and sometimes even meaning. The collectors could be involved in the whole creative process by having the budget and inviting an artist to make an art work.”
—Collector Wilfried Lentz, from an interview with Contemporary Art Galleries
