Anna Bjerger
Born 1973, Sweden
Through the directness of the paint handling and the treatment of the image Bjerger is striving to escape the nostalgic qualities often associated with figurative painting allowing her to approach them in unexpected ways. The image is re-contextualized, unanchored from it’s literal, intended reference allowing a shift away from the generic toward the personal. The act of being remade in paint allows interpretations beyond the initial content of the image; allusions appear allowing new relationships to form between the works.
