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Lena Cronqvist "Flicka som viftar på öronen och räckerut tungan" [Girl wagging her ears and sticking out tongue] (bronze sculpture, 2000)
My photo is unfortunately out of focus but I still like the image. The sculpture is apparently inspired by the reaction of a frightened child who pulls a funny face to ward off the fear. The energy in the figure is remarkable. My rushed blurred capture is almost fitting to the message!
From www.bohman-knapper.com/artists/lena-cronqvist/biography:
"Biography
Lena Cronqvist
Born in Karlstad, Sweden 1938. Lives and works in Stockholm and Koster, Sweden
After a career spanning over more than 30 years Lena Cronqvist has established herself as one of Sweden’s most celebrated artists. She is primarily known as a painter, but during the 1990s sculpture has increasingly become an important part of her oeuvre. Cronqvist’s art deals with existential themes; her psychologically-charged images are concerned with the life dramas that can be played out within the family. Recurring themes are death, love, loneliness, motherhood, childhood and the vulnerable relationship between lovers and between children and adults. Using herself and members of her immediate family as models and actors in her work, she draws inspiration from her own childhood and experiences, however, her art is not only private and personal, it is above all universal."
Lena Cronqvist "Flicka som viftar på öronen och räckerut tungan" [Girl wagging her ears and sticking out tongue] (bronze sculpture, 2000)
My photo is unfortunately out of focus but I still like the image. The sculpture is apparently inspired by the reaction of a frightened child who pulls a funny face to ward off the fear. The energy in the figure is remarkable. My rushed blurred capture is almost fitting to the message!
From www.bohman-knapper.com/artists/lena-cronqvist/biography:
"Biography
Lena Cronqvist
Born in Karlstad, Sweden 1938. Lives and works in Stockholm and Koster, Sweden
After a career spanning over more than 30 years Lena Cronqvist has established herself as one of Sweden’s most celebrated artists. She is primarily known as a painter, but during the 1990s sculpture has increasingly become an important part of her oeuvre. Cronqvist’s art deals with existential themes; her psychologically-charged images are concerned with the life dramas that can be played out within the family. Recurring themes are death, love, loneliness, motherhood, childhood and the vulnerable relationship between lovers and between children and adults. Using herself and members of her immediate family as models and actors in her work, she draws inspiration from her own childhood and experiences, however, her art is not only private and personal, it is above all universal."