Market Art Fair presents Splendid Silent Sun in collaboration with NREP, Elias Kautsky and Anne Vigeland.

Market Art Fair is pleased to present the exhibition Splendid Silent Sun in collaboration with NREP and curators Elias Kautsky and Anne Vigeland.

Participating artists: Karolina Brobäck, Berenike Corcuera, A K Dolven, Sven Holmström & Ole Berg, Tilda Lovell, Paul-Robin Sjöström, Lisa Tan, Johan Thurfjell

Location: Vännäsgången 12, Vällingby Centrum
Curated by Elias Kautsky and Anne Vigeland

Until the early 1950’s, Vällingby was rather unknown to the world. A few farms and cottages lay scattered there, inhabited by a modest population. Early settlements gave rise to the name as we know it – they were “the people on the hill” (“folket på vallen”), which then became Vällingarnas by. These people, who lived off their seasonal harvests, hardly knew that in a few hundred years, travelers from all over the world would visit Vällingby in order to study the utopic and celebrated model of the “ABC city”.

Vällingby’s transformation, and the ways it can be understood as a specific place within a vast universe, serves as the starting point for Splendid Silent Sun. The exhibition explores the relationships we create with our dwellings and how a slight shift in perspective, a single idea, can seem to alter a place for good. Taking place in the midst of Vällingby Centrum, the exhibition includes works by Karolina Brobäck, Berenike Corcuera, A K Dolven, Paul-Robin Sjöström, Lisa Tan, and Johan Thurfjell. Two public artworks, Flora and Fauna by Tilda Lovell, and The Sun Dial by Sven Holmström and Ole Berg have also been incorporated in a geographic extension of the exhibition – altogether asking us to expand our awareness and imagination across history and space.

The exhibition is open every day from 11:00–18:00, May 5–10.

About Market Art Fair
Market Art Fair is the leading contemporary art fair in the Nordic region Initiated in 2006 by galleries representing the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, the fair has become a trusted meeting and market place in the heart of the Nordic art industry.

We are proud to announce Market Art Fair’s new partnership with NREP, an urban investor and change agent who, for the last 17 years, have pioneered sustainability in real estate. For this year’s fair NREP are collaborating with Market Art Fair to support the exhibition Splendid Silent Sun, taking place in Vällingby Centrum, 5–10 May.