What exactly is a neighbor – is it a stranger, friend or foe? The concept raises thoughts about integrity and civil courage, but it also touches on topics such as community, exclusion and boundaries. How do we relate to our neighbors? In Novellix “Grannar” (Neighbors), nine authors – four Swedish and five international – have freely interpreted this theme. The result is nine short stories with nine unique covers created by the artist Mamma Andersson. The books are gathered in a lovely gift box and are only available in Swedish.
Designer
Mamma Andersson
Karin Mamma Andersson was born in Luleå, Sweden in 1962 and she studied at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm from 1986 – 1993. Today she is one of Sweden’s most renowned artists internationally. She represented Sweden at the Venice Biennale in 2003 and in 2018 she curated an exhibition at the São Paulo Art Biennial in Brazil. Karin Mamma Andersson’s artworks have been exhibited in a number of galleries and museums around the world and are part of the collections at MoMa in New York, MoCA in Los Angeles, National Museum in Oslo and Moderna Museet in Stockholm, among others.
In 2021 she also showed her art in the Humdrum Days exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. Read more