Astrid Svangren: äta äta äta sova tala skaka ruska repetera repetition, 2010

äta äta äta
sova tala
skaka ruska
repetera repetition
kropp som lejonröd
ryggrad av glas
smack
tugga ris
han och jag
expandera expansion
coco chanel
havslila
transparent svart
genomlyst
ät ät ät, 2010

(Title in English:
eat eat eat
sleep talk
shiver shake
repeat repetition
body like lion red
spine of glass
smack
chew rice
he and I
expand expansion
coco chanel
sea purple
transparent black
translucent
eat eat eat)

This work, notable for its unusually long title, hangs in the corridor on the third floor at Sveavägen 65. It is made of Plexiglas, paper, and watercolor, and was shown in Moderna Museet’s exhibition Modernautställningen in 2010, as well as at Bohusläns Museum.

Astrid Svangren, born in 1972 in Gothenburg, lives and works in Nora, Sweden, and Copenhagen. She holds an MFA from Malmö Art Academy (1998).

She is represented by Anna Bohman Gallery.

Donation by Larry Leksell.