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Every year, the Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation awards grants to young Swedish artists to support their work. The 2021 grants are awarded to Tobias Bradford and Ferdinand Evaldsson. The exhibition at Bonniers Konsthall is an opportunity for the grant recipients to present their works on a larger scale, and for new and unexpected dialogues to arise between their artistic practices.

Tobias Bradford and Ferdinand Evaldsson share an interest in psychology, memory and fears, which they process using various crafts techniques. In their studios, the two artists engage in time-consuming work, carving, moulding and painting motifs in materials such as wood, gelatine and papier-m芒ch茅. The physical and tactile processes, where hand meets material in the studio, are transferred to the exhibition space, where Bradford鈥檚 mobile sculptural installations meet Evaldsson鈥檚 pigmented wood panels. The exhibition at Bonniers Konsthall is designed as a visual and aural totality, where the works of the two artists appear in the friction between various mental states.

Both Ferdinand Evaldsson and Tobias Bradford explore memory in their art, with materials that are perpetually in motion. The wood, gelatine and pigments in Evaldsson鈥檚 paintings expand and swell over time. Bradford鈥檚 moving sculptures make noises and interact with visitors in the exhibition space. Together, the works in the exhibition portray personal and collective feelings (such as fear, longing, love and wonder), using craft technique as a means of grasping what is truly ungraspable.