Photo by: Martina Hoogland Ivanow

Carl Eldh (1873–1954) was during the early 20th century one of Sweden’s most prominent sculptors. Today, his former studio is a museum and a place for new artistic research. Among nearly five hundred of the artist’s plaster casts and works, you can also take part in newly produced exhibitions and guided tours.

Carl Eldhs Ateljémuseum is proud to present the internationally acclaimed artist Theresa Traore Dahlberg (b. 1983), renowned for her monumental sculptures and poetic films. Ahead of this summer’s major solo exhibition at Carl Eldhs Ateljémuseum, Traore Dahlberg has worked primarily with new and site-specific works. Here we encounter sculptures in melted bronze, copper, hand-blown glass and yarn – materials that carry their own memories. In dialogue with the studio and the surrounding garden, the museum’s inherent history is also brought to life. The story of Elise and Brita Eldh, their close relationship, between a mother and daughter, is put in a new light. Through Theresa’s gaze, we see for the first time a composite selection of visuals from the family’s time in Los Angeles during the early 20th century. Dreamy, playful and sometimes suggestive images, which in their documentary form works as a capsule of a bygone era.