Dan Wirén «

Extract of Kristina Mezei on Dan Wirén

"Also included in the secrets of the working process are the print itself, together with the transformations that occur while working on the plate and etching it in the acid, and the seconds when the printed paper is lifted from the press bed. Only then it is revealed whether the artist has succeeded in capturing, retaining or ignoring the possibilities of both chance and conscious control.

Dan Wirén’s images have a fresh directness that is characteristic of calligraphy. The lightness of hand smoothly follows the spontaneous motion of the gesture. We are reminded of the automatic drawings of the surrealists, and the abstract expressionists’ formulations of both flow and frustration, primarily the former.

The silhouette-like shapes can be filled with diverse contents. Sojourns in nature, quiet moments and observations full of reflection with a sketchbook in one’s lap are important – not for a world of form where likeness dominates, but rather one where precision allows space for multiplicity and alternatives at the same time."

Kristina Mezei

Education

Selected Solo Exhibitions in Sweden

Enköpings Konsthall, October 2010
Galleri Mejan, Stockholm
Ahlbergshallen Östersund

Selected Group Exhibitions

Selected Public Collections

The Modern Museum of Art Stockholm, Sweden
National museum Stockholm, Sweden
The British Museum
The National Public Art Council, Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm´s City collections
Borås Museum of Art , Sweden
Västerås Museum of Art, Sweden
Gothenburg´s Museum of Art, Sweden

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