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"On Journey" Exhibition
Embassy of Sweden
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Håkan Blomqvist, Karin Westman
Håkan Blomqvist and Karin Westman live in the village of Högboda in the Värmland region of Sweden. Their studio is situated in the same building. In 1999, Blomqvist and Westman shifted to work with glass after more than twenty years working with wood and textiles. Very soon their interest in casting ripened and they began to cast in sand, using a pâte de verre surface. During their ten-year odyssey on an ocean of glass, they have had time to sail to a number of archipelagoes.
Their ethnically-inflected depiction of art recurs continually in different contexts. During a juried summer workshop in Pilchuck, USA in 2003, Håkan learnt more about kilncasting in sand. From there they developed the abstract as well as fluid forms, surfaces, structures, patterns and themes that have come to become signature works of these two artists. The international breakthrough for the Blomqvist-Westman duo came during a stint in New York from 2002-4, followed by two more transatlantic exhibitions: 2004 in Chicago and 2006 in Seattle. Since then, they have had numerous exhibitions in Europe as well in Sweden. This time, their glass art has brought them to another continent, Asia - more exactly to the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.
Their ethnically-inflected depiction of art recurs continually in different contexts. During a juried summer workshop in Pilchuck, USA in 2003, Håkan learnt more about kilncasting in sand. From there they developed the abstract as well as fluid forms, surfaces, structures, patterns and themes that have come to become signature works of these two artists. The international breakthrough for the Blomqvist-Westman duo came during a stint in New York from 2002-4, followed by two more transatlantic exhibitions: 2004 in Chicago and 2006 in Seattle. Since then, they have had numerous exhibitions in Europe as well in Sweden. This time, their glass art has brought them to another continent, Asia - more exactly to the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.
Schedule | Mar 4 (Wed) 2009-Mar 19 (Thu) 2009 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Mar 4 (Wed) 2009 19:00 - 00:00 For reservations, please email info@sweden.or.jp with your name, occupation, email address and phone number by February 25th. | ||||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Venue | Embassy of Sweden http://www.swedenabroad.com/en-GB/Embassies/Tokyo/  | ||||||
| Location | 1-10-3-100 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 | ||||||
| Access | 7 minute walk from exit 1 at Roppongi-itchome Station on the Namboku line, 7 minute walk from exit 2 at Kamiyacho Station on the Hibiya line. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-5562-5050 | ||||||
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