The view looking out from the residence is also a work of art.
Yesterday I had the unique opportunity to see Swedish art on American soil, so to speak. I was at the US ambassador’s for a showing of Swedish contemporary art.
The exhibition was titled Living with Swedish Contemporary Art and Design. Since the majority of the work was accessible and interesting, it did feel like you could live with it – if you were lucky enough to live in as fantastic of a home as this one, that is.
There was an interesting mix of paintings, photographs and furniture that worked well with the art and furniture already there. I particularly liked a painting by Felix Gmelin titled Miss Atomic Bomb and a photograph printed on aluminum by Lars Nilsson titled Avsked (Farewell). And there were also some very interesting furniture pieces, including a chair that I wanted to bring home by Anna von Schewen.
With contemporary art, you often find pieces that are visually interesting, but that you think: there’s no way I could ever live with that. So it felt good to see art that I could live with. And it also felt good to be back in the art world again, almost like I was at my old job working for art magazines.
The table by Cate & Nelson was a cool contrast to the traditional furniture in the home.
Globes by Bigert & Bergström are perfectly duplicated in the adjoining mirror wall.
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