Frida Starvid Swedish, b. 1981
My work is centered around the human experience of constructed space, creating an encounter that is unfiltered, one where the piece speaks directly to our senses without intellectual mediation. The painting depicts the National Theatre in London, a building by architect Denys Lasdun that was completed 1976 and much debated as brutalist architecture often is. In an elaborate process of abstraction and use of light, my aim is to enhance the sculptural qualities of the object, making it even bolder and more monumental than it already is. Works from these series have been shown at Liljevalchs Vårsalong, Glasets Hus, Bagarmossens Folkets Hus and other venues.