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Swedish Artist Eva Fidjeland Featured by Resident Curator Kristen T Woodward, Professor of Art at Albright College

 

 

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The Dancer The Dancer II  
Presumably a group of self-portraits, this series of Dancer portraits is equivocally voyeuristic in the soft keyhole shadowing of the pictures edges along with the penchant for embellishing costume. I like the tempered restraint of Dancer II, which presents a darker contrast to the overall blue pattern, and a haloed richness in the saturation of the figure´s hair and sienna background. While there´s a decisiveness in the sideways profile of the head, the delicate curl of golden hair points towards her mouth as if to await declaration.The Red Lady The Red Lady IV had a decidedly different mood despite small actual changes in the model lightning and attire. Being that the subject isn´t fully transformed, I don´t  feel that different characters are being created, but that the viewer is invited into the psychological exploration of facets of an archetype. The direct stare of The Red Lady and  elevated position of her face above the viewer´s natural eye-line creates an aura of superiority or rebellious dissent, while the conflicting orange and blue hues aid the instinct of competition. In a more graphic way, the figure is also presented as a Pop diva, haughtily looking down on the viewer in her feathered boa. Provocative in stature, the light source seems to glow from within rather than from an external bright light, and therefore she holds our interest and curiousity. Kristen T Woodward Professor of Art, Albright College Reading PA (Januari 21, 2014) http://www.artists2artists.net/photo/the-dancer-ii

 

 

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Eva Fidjeland – artist, poet, photographer

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What makes Swedish artist Eva Fidjeland so unique is her ability to create pieces of art using natural, earthly tones while maintaining a commitment to photography, digital art, and traditional visual art. Eva Fidjeland has the ability to see the elements of the world as they are, including the beauty that is nature and animal life, and recreate them in the form of art that has cultural relevance to audiences across the world. Her cultural pieces would fit seamlessly in any gallery or museum in any part of the world.

(Quote from review written by Dominic Richardson, writer/editor at Art Bracket LLC)

http://artbracket.com/profiles/blogs/eva-fidjeland-versatile-artist-with-perfect-earthly-style

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Eva Fidjeland is an artist born in Stockholm 1955.

Her art reflects cultural influences from childhood years spent in Portugal,

Lebanon, Iran and Afghanistan. In 1978 she went to live in the artists´

village Ein Hod, Israel. There she learned the art of making stained glass

from the masterly Joseph Chaaltiel.      http://ein-hod.info/artists/ora

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Upon returning to Stockholm she was approached by the Vasa Museum who

appointed her to reconstruct glass parts for the Vasa Ship.The New Vasa Museum

was inaugurated in 1990.       http://www.vasamuseet.se/en/The-Ship

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Eva Fidjeland has exhibited her art work at numerous museums and galleries

in Sweden and abroad.   http://galerie-stexwig.com

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Eva Fidjeland Blog:   http://EvaFidjeland.blog.com

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Eva Fidjeland´s Art Captures the Human Experience

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When art captures the essence of the human experience, it reveals aspects of humanity under a bright spotlight. The art emphasizes these qualities directly, pointing observers toward images that will challenge our current perspectives of the world. The artist, as the creator of such pieces of art, is responsible for the design and creation of these images; their process is similar to the process  of unveiling, in which the artist will seek to bring the observer closer to truths through images

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Eva Fidjeland´s art brings observers closer to the truth of understanding the human process of healing. Fidjeland´s art exists within an extraordinary global context. The world has separated the concept of healing within a dichotomous line. Eastern cultures typically incorporate healing concepts within their aspects of a life holistically, while many western cultures view healing as the mere recovery of illness or injury. Many citizens of the world carry a perception of healing that lays somewhere in between.

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Eva Fidjeland´s art emphasizes the human need to challenge these perceptions through captivating mixed media design, color and examination of the human body. Eva Fidjeland´s art asserts the concept of healing is far from esoteric, promoting the idea that healing is a natural, organic part of the human condition that connects us to the world in which we live.

DOMINIC RICHARDSON, writer/editor at  Art Bracket LLC

http://artbracket.com/profiles/blogs/eva-fidjeland-s-art-captures-the-human-experience?xg_source=activity

 

Primary Forms with a Bold Function

090rep I like the slight melancholy mystery of these images. In general, the softened palette and contrast evokes a faded memory, but the primary forms have a bold function.

 

`Evolution´ employs a primordial form, spiraling up out of the water like a mythic sea creature. I also see the faintly grainy quality and washed out magenta tonality as harkening back to old photographic documentary film, though I´m unsure of the media/process actually employed here. I find the vertical orientation is also unexpected for the surreal landscape, as the weighty spiral form doesn´t appear able to sustain its upward thrust for long, as it curls into itself.

1z The piece entitled `Liz´ is an enticing picture as well; some more direct photographic reference to lizards is evident, but there is also a diffused manipulation of the image that muffles direct or overt pictorial representation. The resulting image calls to mind pictographic symbolism from a host of ethnic traditions and artistic eras. In this way, `Liz´ reminds me of a mellowed Florence Putterman painting. So the piece seems less about the natural subject depicted, and more about the state of flux, or evanescent movement.

 

(Written on May 11, 2013 by resident curator Kristen T Woodward, Professor of Art at Albright College in Reading PA, USA). http://artists2artists.net/photo/liz

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Eva Fidjeland´s Art Captures the Human Experience

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Eva Fidjeland at Pagan Poet

Eva Fidjeland on Pagan Poem ”Eva Fidjeland´s poems are potent with a powerful kind of beauty and zest for life, far from the romantic kind”. http://paganpoet.com/Eva-Fidjeland-artist-poet-photographer

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Caden Manson is a director, media artist, and teacher. He is co-founder of the media ensemble bigartgroup.com and network, blog, and publisher, contemporaryperformance.com. He has co-created, directed, video- and set designed 18 Big Art Group productions. Manson has shown video installations in Austria, Germany, NYC, and Portland; performed PAIN KILLER in Berlin, Singapore and Vietnam; Taught in Berlin, Rome, Paris, Montreal, NYC, and Bern; the ensemble has been co-produced by the Vienna Festival, Festival d’Automne a Paris, Hebbel Am Ufer, Rome’s La Vie de Festival, PS122, and Wexner Center for The Arts. Caden is a 2001 Foundation For Contemporary Art Fellow, is a 2002 Pew Fellow and a 2011 MacDowell Fellow. Writing has been published in PAJ, Theater Magazine, and Theater der Zeit. Caden is currently an associate professor and graduate directing option coordinator of The John Wells Directing Program at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama.

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