Reflections on the conditions of art today and in the future.
Artistic creation is today, as we all know, subject to economic speculation. This means that the artist often no longer works for the sake of art itself but for personal gain. Speculation in art, especially within the unique easel painting tradition, a remnant from the Renaissance, has led many artists to seek new means of communication more frequently, in order to avoid profiteering and fashionable trends.
For some years now, a kind of cultural guerrilla has been active, despite constant and harsh resistance. (Daniel Buren banned at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Jiří Kolář refused in Prague, Freddie censored in Copenhagen, Mathelin whose two paintings were confiscated at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris, etc.). This guerrilla aims to break with the structures of the capitalist market, to place itself outside of it. The architectural, cold character of the immense geometric figures in, for example, the United States, reveals only a desire to fill space. Modern creators no longer present their works for profit, but as symbolic objects to be owned by all.
When the socialization of the aesthetic function is fully accomplished – to mention just one thing – the artist will appear as a researcher enriching daily life. He then becomes the architect of leisure, of that immense, endless festival of which our life should consist. Today’s artists will not be numerous enough to create this new joy of life.
Such humanism is not as distant as we might think. Therefore, we must already do our best and definitively break with the romanticism of earlier centuries.
Galerie S:t Petri presents in its sixth exhibition 22 artists from 11 different nations, almost all of whom have been confronted with contemporary Sweden.
In this way, the gallery, despite its limited resources, wishes to remind us of the universality of artistic creation, to offer artists – often lacking means – the opportunity to inform us about their efforts, their tendencies.
All these painters, graphic artists, and sculptors, at various stages of their development, with more or less strength, appear as an essential contribution to the cultural development of Sweden.
raymond mahout
[JEANSELLEM VIEWER] — 17.12.1971 - 05.01.1972 LUND OPUS - 72 — Categories: press — Keywords: Galerie S:t Petri, Jean Sellem, archive — Category: press — Eleven nations at Galerie S:t Petri — Eleven nations at Galerie S:t Petri Galerie S:t Petri in Lund is showing its first group exhibition today, opening with works by 22 artists from 11 nations. The exhibition has been given the name Lund Opus –72 and runs every day throughout the Christmas and New Year holidays until 5 January. On weekdays the gallery is open from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., on Sundays from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.Almost all of the 22 exhibitors have been confronted with contemporary Sweden. In an introduction to the exhibition, programme writer Raymond Mahout says that the gallery wants to remind us of the universality of artistic creation and offer artists, who often lack opportunities to inform about their endeavours and tendencies, a chance to do so. He also predicts that “when the socialisation of the aesthetic function has been fully realised, the artist will appear as a researcher who enriches everyday life. He will then become the architect of leisure and the indispensable companion in what our lives should consist of. Today’s artists have not yet found the means to create the new joy of life.” — — — Category: press — LUNDGalerie S:t Petri, S:t Petri Kyrkogata 5.22 exhibitors from 11 nations. Open until 5 January, weekdays 15:00–20:00, Saturdays and Sundays 12:00–17:00. — — — Category: press — Open at ChristmasDEPARTMENT STORES AND SHOPS generally close at 1 p.m.PRESSBYRÅN’S KIOSKS. Most are open on Christmas Eve until 5 p.m. The one at Bangatan, next to the taxi stand, closes at 5 p.m. On Christmas Day, the following are open from 10 a.m. to 4 or 5 p.m.: Yttre Järnvägen, the Hospital, Stadshallen, Tullgatan–Trolleborgsvägen, the Bus Station. On Boxing Day, all kiosks are open, most from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. At the hospital, they close at 11 a.m.The post office is open until 1 p.m. Final collection is at 2 p.m.Christmas Eve concert. The Home Guard band plays at Stortorget from 10 to 11 a.m.“Christmas in Community” is held in Kontakttjänst’s premises at Finngatan 3. The premises open at 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve, 1 p.m. on Christmas Day and 3 p.m. on Boxing Day. Kontakttjänst’s telephone helpline is open every day from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.Petersgården holds an open house on Christmas Day from the end of the High Mass until 6:30 p.m.Kulturen is open from noon to 4 p.m. on Boxing Day.Art Hall. Professor O. Reutersvärd lectures on Döderhultaren at 3:30 p.m. on Boxing Day.S:t Petri. Börje Sandqvist plays guitar on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at 6 p.m. — — — Category: press — Two artists from Eslöv in an exhibition in Lund — Two artists from Eslöv in an exhibition in LundThe S:t Petri Gallery in Lund has made a special effort for Christmas and is offering the public a very fine and homogeneous exhibition, presenting no fewer than 22 artists from 11 different nations. This is the sixth exhibition of the Lund gallery and the first group exhibition, which has been named Lund Opus –72.It is gratifying and refreshing in a commercial society to see that such a gallery exists, one that offers artists space and the opportunity to show their works. The statement in the S:t Petri Gallery’s programme is directed entirely to the artist, who also sells his or her own works there.The exhibition Lund Opus –72 is characterised by great diversity but at the same time by homogeneity, since all the artists represented have submitted works that, at first glance, give a clear impression and a certain uniformity that is pleasing to the eye. At the same time, these are artists who are accessible to the public, which makes the exhibition particularly appealing. Among the 22 artists were also two artists from Eslöv — namely Brittgard Bondesson and Azaria Mbatha. The latter departs here on this occasion from the naïvism that has been the hallmark of her art. Azaria Mbatha shows graphic works in black and white, which as usual give a strong and sensuous impression of a realistic, dancing world. Also included were the Spaniard Bruno, the group Röde Mor, and others well-known. It would be too long to review all the participants in the exhibition. One should go to the S:t Petri Gallery. It is a fine exhibition.Lund Opus –72 continues until the New Year.Skåning. — — — Category: press — 18.12.1971 St Petri presents a poetry evening — St Petri presents a poetry eveningLUND: At the St Petri Gallery in Lund, a poetry evening is being held today, Saturday. It is part of the gallery’s effort to be a home also for creative activities other than painting. Some twenty poems, mostly unpublished, are presented.Guilem da Silva’s poem “The Final Solution” is, however, among those that have previously been published. Besides da Silva, Louise Moëll, Kenneth Mårtensson and Arne Zaring are performing. Some of the poems are recorded on tape, while others are read directly by the authors.In the gallery, the group exhibition Opus –72 is currently underway; it opened yesterday. The poetry evening begins at 5 p.m. Jean Salem at St Petri wishes to point out that the event is not only for students.Poetry evening at S:t PetriThe S:t Petri Gallery in Lund, which until now has dealt only with art exhibitions, is today at 5 p.m. also holding a poetry evening. Around 25 poems are presented by Louise Moëll, Guilem da Silva, Kenneth Mårtensson and Arne Zaring, authors who live or work in Lund. — — — Category: press — Song evenings at Galleri S:t Petri. — Song evenings at Galleri S:t Petri.On New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, the S:t Petri Gallery in Lund is arranging a song evening. Anne Blomquist from Lund plays guitar and sings songs by, among others, Bob Dylan, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Alf Hambe and Evert Taube.The classical guitar music event that the gallery arranged during the Christmas weekend was well attended and proved to be an appreciated complement to the various alternative holiday celebrations. The New Year’s weekend programme begins at 6 p.m. on both days.Anyone who has their own poetic or musical works to perform will also be given the opportunity to do so. — — — Front of the image
