Love on the Record (Qu'est-ce que c'est)
2023Single piece Signed
From the series Love on the Record
Size
110 x 88.19 in
Year
2023
Medium
Paintings
Reference
508c7581
The mix of techniques and styles in Salliander’s paintings creates a disruption from traditional realism and delves into a personal abstraction, adding both subjectivity and ambiguity to her work. The sensuality of oil paint finds resonance with the artist’s illustrations and narrative, allowing each viewer to discover a diverging interpretation of both the nude body and her zoomorphic depictions. Love on the Record transcends its original context of an intimate memory that embodies friendship, becoming a call to question the advances of gender equality. Highlighting the double standards and unfair expectations that have historically been imposed on women in society, where even the naked body implies different connotations. In the context of art history, this artwork is a unique exploration of the muse-artist-muse relationship, where the female body is re-appropriated and presented from a woman’s perspective.
1984 Stockholm, Sweden
Salliander's work seeks to convey contrasting and even contradictory sensations, breaking the limits of figuration to reach a very personal abstraction. She creates absorbing works that reference a variety of themes, from pop culture and nature, to works and subjects from different artistic periods, for example, the renaissance and baroque. Her thick, vivid oil brushstrokes portray subjects with drama and humor, granting a duality in the interpretations of her narrative.
Born in Sweden, Salliander has spent her life as an eternal foreigner, traveling constantly since childhood between Sweden, Vietnam, China, the United States, the United Kingdom and Mexico. This mix of cultures has given her an outsider's perspective on life, a global vision forged by a diverse range of influences. This translates into her work with a constant exploration of dichotomies: east versus west, good versus evil, light versus darkness. The tension between these contrasting points is what most appeals to her, a constant search for the ambiguity with which humanity is confronted in current times.
It is within this ambiguity that the references and personal experiences that are often portrayed in her work find an autonomy through double meanings, allowing for a free and unique interpretation in each viewer.
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Address
Ciudad de México, Calle Francisco Pimentel 3, San Rafael, Cuauhtémoc
Galería Hilario Galguera is a contemporary art gallery located in Mexico City. The gallery was founded in 2006 for the discussion of Mexican and international art. The opening exhibition was Damien Hirst’s first solo show in Latin America, titled ‘The Death of God’. Since then, the gallery have exhibited works by Daniel Buren, Jannis Kounellis and Bos...