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The artist Märta König in conversation with Anders Lundmark (former gallerist and art advisor) about her current exhibition "Förvandling" (Transformation) at Galleri Helle Knudsen shown 12.09 - 05.10.
Märta König's work is characterized by spontaneity and openness to the unexpected. Her main medium is painting, but she is also drawn to drawing, sculpture and objects. By working impulsively and without analysis, she lets her experiences, memories and impressions, conscious and unconscious, guide the creation. This method gives her work a unique dynamic, where each brush stroke is a reaction to an inner and outer dialogue.
König describes his artistic process as an interplay between inner and outer worlds, where painting becomes a guide, a way to follow visual impressions and the path that opens up, step by step. She is inspired by the sociologist Hartmut Rosa's concept of resonance, where one allows oneself to be called by the external world and responds to its impulses, which leads to an inner transformation. The nature of resonance, which cannot be controlled, means that the creative process for Märta König becomes a matter of being flexible and open to transformation.
Märta König was born in 1969 and lives in Åland's Västerby, Vänge. She is educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and the Fria Målarskolan in Halmstad. The exhibition Förvandling is her first solo exhibition at Galleri Helle Knudsen. König has previously exhibited at, among others, Kramfors Konsthall (2023), Galleri Hammarén in Gothenburg (2022), Galleri Ingela S in Stockholm (2019), Galleri Persson in Malmö (2011), Galleri Anders Lundmark in Stockholm (2008) and Konstnärshuset in Stockholm (2006).
In 2021, she received the Erland Cullberg scholarship and in connection with that had a scholarship exhibition at the Anna Bohman Gallery in Stockholm. König has also received scholarships from e.g. Nordic Artists Center Dale (2023).
Anders Lundmark, with over 30 years of experience in the industry, ran the gallery Galleri Anders Lundmark from 1989 -2008, where he presented one of König's first exhibitions. In addition, he currently works as an art consultant and advisor and completed several major art projects, including "Bortom Allfarvägen" in Västerbotten's hinterland.