Kirse Junge-stevnsborg

Happily Ever After is a richly illustrated exhibition catalogue. Featuring newly written essays by the author Nina Björk and curators Julia Björnberg and Anna Johansson, as well as presentations of the works and the artists. Happily Ever After brings together artists and artist collectives whose practices explore what happens to us as individuals and collectives in a time cast in a haze of neoliberal optimization of the self, economic and political stakes in our emotions, and an increasing contempt for weakness. Through a range of artistic expression, topics such as mindfulness, welfare state profits, the tech industry, and social media are addressed. Together, the works point to how our mode of experiencing and expressing feelings is in flux and how these changes in turn affect how we see ourselves, each other, and society. Happily Ever After invites reflection on how emotions can open up futures by emphasizing the importance of resistance in the form of authenticity and community, and how we choose to act in relation to each other. The book is published in collaboration with Malmö Konstmuseum. Participating artists: Muhammad Ali, Anita Christoffersson, Markus Copper, Jeanne Dunning, Stina Ebers, Elis Eriksson, Helena Fernández-Cavada, Ester Fleckner, Jenny Grönvall, Ramón Guillén-Balmes, Sive Hamilton Helle, Leif Holmstrand, Adelita Husni-Bey, E. B. Itso, Jesper Just, Joachim Koester, Jukka Korkeila, Ellinor Lager, Gloria López Cleries, Truls Melin, Britt-Ingrid Persson BIP, Iris Smeds, Superflex, Hannah Toticki and Ulla Wiggen.

I Malmö Konstmuseums omfattande samling ingår konst, design och konsthantverk som sträcker sig från 1500-talet fram till 2000-talets början. Boken om samlingen rymmer ett rikt bildurval som både visar på dess bredd och unika specialspår. Större samlingar i samlingen lyfts fram tillsammans med texter som introducerar olika tidsepoker, verk och konstnärskap. Ytterligare texter ser på museets historia och samlingarnas förmåga att öppna upp för nya sätt att se på historia, samtid och framtid. Boken ges ut av Malmö Konstmuseum i samarbete med Bokförlaget Arena och inkluderar texter av Clémentine Deliss, Kirse Junge-Stevnsborg, Sofia Landström och Sara Rydby. Svensk och engelsk text. Malmö Konstmuseum s new presentation of the collection features art, craft and design spanning from the sixteenth to the early twenty-first century. The publication is richly illustrated, demonstrating the scope and depth of the collection, as well as its areas of specialisation. Larger collections within the collection are highlighted, alongside texts introducing epochs, works and artists. Other texts look at the history of the museum and how collections can open new perspectives on the past, present and future. Published by Malmö Konstmuseum in collaboration with Bokförlaget Arena, The Collection includes writings by Clémentine Deliss, Kirse Junge-Stevnsborg, Sofia Landström and Sara Rydby.