Untitled, 300x300 cm, oil on canvas, 2025

Speglingar

2/8-7/9 
Maria Ginzburg 

Det sägs att vissa konstnärer inte bara skildrar verkligheten – de öppnar dörrar till en annan dimension, där världen viskar i toner av ljus och tidlös skönhet. Maria Ginzburg är en sådan konstnär. Med sina akvareller bjuder hon in betraktaren till en plats bortom det synliga – en hemlig värld där dimman dröjer, vattnet minns och ljuset dansar över landskapets tysta ansikten.

Under sommarhalvåret bor och målar Maria i Malingsbo–Klotens naturreservat i Bergslagen. Där, bland sjöar och skogar, finner hennes konst sin själ och sitt hem. Det är här hennes magiska värld växer fram.

Vattnet i hennes målningar är levande – ständigt skiftande, djupt och gåtfullt. Reflektioner i sjöar och stilla sund blir som minnets speglar: suddiga, förtroliga, nästan overkliga. Trädens kronor vilar i ytan, och molnen färdas långsamt genom skuggspelens färgskiftningar.

När Maria målar havet öppnar hon ett oändligt rum av rörelse. Vågor i blått, grönt och grått rullar fram – lätta, levande – där varje krusning bär på en ny berättelse.

Att måla akvarell, säger Maria, är ett samspel. Ett möte mellan konstnären och det som sker på papperet – där vatten och färger förenas för att leva sitt eget liv.

Under vinterhalvåret bor Maria i Prag, där hon fångar stadens skönhet i bild.

Maria Ginzburg har haft ett stort antal separatutställningar i konsthallar och gallerier runt om i Sverige, och har även ställt ut internationellt. Hon är också författare till flera uppskattade konstböcker, däribland den omfattande Stora boken om att måla i akvarell. Hennes böcker har översatts till finska, engelska och tjeckiska.

Mer om Marias konst och böcker hittar du på www.ginzburg.se.

I vattnet falla alla mina tankar, dem ingen sett, 36x26cm, 2024

UPCOMING

Garden of the World

31/5-27/7 2025

Jana King Kochánková and Tomáš King

Artistic Director: Aleksandra Jarosz Laszlo

Curator: Karina Kottová

The exhibition of Jana King Kochánková and Tomáš King at Konsthallen MEKEN showcases paintings, sculptures, and graphic works of this extraordinary artistic duo from Prague. The exhibition, titled "Garden of the World," emphasizes the connecting motif of their individual and collaborative approaches – looking beyond the everyday and the reality we see with our eyes and capturing the transition into a world of myths, visions, spirituality, and the magical essence that can be found even in the most mundane, if we are able to perceive it with our whole being.

Both artists' work is rooted in natural motifs – the observation of landscapes connected with personal experiences, the world of all four elements, plants, trees, and all that is connected with Mother Earth. However, something else intertwines with this, sensed by the fifth sense – connecting energy, beings of nature, goddesses as guides of the feminine principle. Nature is thus not reduced to mere motivation for artistic representation. It is a creator par excellence; one must attune to its images and attempt to capture them – which Kochánková and King do with the finesse of graduates from the Prague Academy of Fine Arts.

In the extensive exhibition spaces of Konsthallen MEKEN, their latest large-format paintings on the border of abstraction and concrete motifs inspired by the energy of nature will be presented, along with a series of ceramic sculptures of goddesses, and lithographic works created specifically for this occasion. The works will be assembled in a monumental installation, inspired in natural circles as well as the principles of the so-called medicine wheel. The exhibition is created in collaboration with Karina Kottová, a leading Czech curator and artistic director.

The exhibition "Garden of the World" is organized by Konsthallen Meken together with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Stockholm, and the Czech Center Stockholm with the support of Praha 5 to form a place to engage and in an inspiring way allow visitors to approach Czech art and culture.

Vernissage for the exhibition takes place on May 31 at 3 pm with an opening speech by Anita Grmelová, Czech ambassador in Sweden.

Reflections

2/8-7/9

Maria Ginzburg

It is said that some artists do not just depict reality – they open doors to another dimension, where the world whispers in tones of light and timeless beauty. Maria Ginzburg is such an artist. With her watercolors, she invites the viewer to a place beyond the visible – a secret world where the fog lingers, the water remembers and the light dances across the silent faces of the landscape. During the summer months, Maria lives and paints in the Malingsbo–Kloten nature reserve in Bergslagen. There, among lakes and forests, her art finds its soul and its home. This is where her magical world emerges. The water in her paintings is alive – constantly changing, deep and enigmatic. Reflections in lakes and quiet straits become like mirrors of memory: blurred, intimate, almost transcendent. The crowns of the trees rest on the surface, and the clouds travel slowly through the changing colors of the shadow play.

When Maria paints the sea, she opens up an infinite space of movement. Waves of blue, green and grey roll forward – light, alive – where each ripple carries a new story. Painting watercolor, says Maria, is an interaction. A meeting between the artist and what happens on the paper – where water and colours unite to live their own lives.

During the winter months, Maria lives in Prague, where she captures the beauty of the city in pictures. Maria Ginzburg has had a large number of solo exhibitions in art halls and galleries around Sweden, and has also exhibited internationally. She is also the author of several highly regarded art books, including the comprehensive Big Book of Watercolor Painting. Her books have been translated into Finnish, English and Czech. More about Maria's art and books can be found at www.ginzburg.se.