From http://www.alidaivanov.com/
Alida Ivanov Gallery was founded 2009 on Tomtebogatan 18 in Stockholm.
The next issue of Luciole Press will feature the new Alida Ivanov Gallery in Stockholm. The first exhibit, of artist Allen Grubesic's work, will close this weekend
Posted by kluciole at 11/5/2009 5:51 PM 
Categories: International, Cultures, news, Travel, Luciole Press, Art
Categories: International, Cultures, news, Travel, Luciole Press, Art
It is the gallery’s intention to present contemporary art in whatever form it comes in, whether it is established or emerging. Beside customary exhibition activity the gallery will host different events like artist talks, book releases, performance evenings and fashion events, to name a few. Alida Ivanov Gallery works both independently and collaboratively in order to present a diverse program.
The building in which the gallery is located was erected between the years 1905-1906. The architects responsible were Dorph& Höög, who are also known for building altogether 200 houses during the period in both Vasastan and Södermalm in Stockholm.
Allen Grubesic
”Disnintegration” 3 Oct- 8 Nov 2009
Opening Oct 3, 5pm- 8:30pm
For his first solo show with the gallery, Allen Grubesic has used his vision and sensibility to create works which evoke personal states of melancholy, decay and surrender. He continues to question the accepted boundaries between the authentic and the copies of the authentic. In the show this can be seen clearly, for example ”Another Masterpiece”, in which an edition of 10 depends on different colour combinations to create a new original.
The show title derives from a word play between “Disney” and “disintegration” which alludes to the child’s naïve belief that everything will become a disnified world of dreams and then growing up to discover that life has something else in store. The ambiguity of these words can be seen as a sort of balance between light and dark states of mind, success and failure, comedy and tragedy, malaise, hopes, wanderlust and the expanded emotive consequences thereof.
Although most of the work presented in the show is chromatically reduced to black and white, they range a spectrum of media, methods and expressions. The exhibition explores complex personal states, paralleled with equally complex worldly states. The pieces are often charged with a dark sense of humour and melancholic beauty.
Allen Grubesic continues to explore and challenge artistic convention in his work by presenting a variety of mediums and expressions. Since his graduation from The Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 2003, Grubesic has produced a polyform body of work in painting, sculpture, installation and video that has made him one of the most interesting and diverse Swedish artists of his generation.
Allen Grubesic works and lives in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Alida Ivanov Gallery, Stockholm: Allen Grubesic (3/10-8/11)
Alida Ivanov Gallery är det senaste tillskottet av nya gallerier i Vasastan. Som första utställare har man valt Allen Grubesic, en konstnär som med glimten i ögat och utan säkerhetsbälte har för vana att ta sig an den samtida konsumtionskulturen. Någon kanske minns hans video med ”ejakulerande” schampoflaskor som han visade hos Natalia Goldin Gallery 2004 eller Baertlingreproduktionen med Bart Simpson-ögon han ställde ut två år senare. I sin nya utställning fortsätter han på den inslagna vägen. Titeln, ”Disnintegration”, är en ordlek med Disneyestetiken och alla välordnade systems oundvikliga sönderfall (titeln är dessutom typograferad i Disney-stil). Till skillnad från tidigare har Grubesic skruvat åt sin palett betydligt, och arbetar i stort sett helt och hållet i en gråskala. Det tjänar hans verk på, som är mångbottnade och kräver att man ägnar dem lite tid. Han leker till synes respektlöst med inte bara populärkulturen utan lika mycket med konstens ibland alltför pretentiösa anspråk. Raderna med skulpturer av ett stirrande ögonpar som blir mindre och mindre ju längre ner utmed väggen man förflyttar sig, den inramade texten ”Ha ha ha” med rubriken ”The Last Laugh” eller Ann Edholm-parafraserna ”Audience” (där svarta punkter mot runda vita bakgrunder skapar illusionen av ögon som tittar åt olika håll) lockar inte bara till skratt utan bär på ett i grund och botten ganska melankoliskt innehåll. För det sista skrattet är – hur tillfredsställande det än kan upplevas – aldrig särskilt glädjefyllt. (Adress: Tomtebogatan 18)
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