{"id":8430,"date":"2023-02-09T09:48:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T09:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afelbe.com\/?page_id=8430"},"modified":"2025-07-12T11:33:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T11:33:44","slug":"konstkritik","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afelbe.com\/en\/konstkritik\/","title":{"rendered":"critique"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Johanna \u00e4r aktuell i konstboken \u201dThe World Art Guide 2025\u201d och har ett internationellt erk\u00e4nnande med konstn\u00e4rskod i Mus\u00e9e du Louvres arkiv. Nyligen st\u00e4llde hon ut under ArtExpo New York 2024 – The World’s Original Fine Art Trade Show. Under 2023 blev hon omskriven av konstkritikern Stig \u00c5ke St\u00e5lnacke (medlem i AICA) och utsedd till m\u00e5nadens konstn\u00e4r av Svenska Konstn\u00e4rsf\u00f6rbundet.<\/p>

In addition to exhibitions in Paris and New York, Johanna's art has been showcased in a variety of locations, both in Sweden and internationally, including Monaco, Milan, Madrid, Fuerteventura, Stockholm, Malm\u00f6, and Rome.<\/p>

Konsten har figurerat i olika inredningsmagasin och \u00e4ven l\u00e5nats in av bland annat anrika designf\u00f6retaget Kasthall till fotografering av deras designmattor. Johanna \u00e4r \u00e4ven representerad i ”The Nordic Art Guide 2023”.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Stig \u00c5ke St\u00e5lnacke \u2013 member of AICA, International Association of Art Critics.<\/p>\n

Many people recognizes his name, which has been the subject of numerous newspaper articles, mainly about art and artists, but also theatre. St\u00e5lnacke has also done art columns for both radio and television and is one of the well known Swedish art critics. <\/p>\n

With an interest both in the person behind and in the artwork itself, he has also authored several books within the art world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Is it even possible to reach a \"fair\" way to interpret another person's emotions? I mean, those expressed in art. I hardly think anyone can claim to fully describe another's fears or moments of joy. Another's life.<\/p>\n

In any case, I know that as far as I'm concerned, I would be fully satisfied if I manage to capture even the outer contours of another person's being, as it is expressed in art.<\/p>\n

That's right. And that goes a long way. So: no attempt at psychoanalysis, but rather an attempt to get under the skin and into the innermost depths.<\/p>\n

So, I then encounter Johanna Elbe's paintings, and she is an artist who makes it both difficult and easy for me. Easy because I find so much tender beauty in her work. The paintings are outwardly similar to each other. They can be likened to the sensitive surfaces of an old wooden wall, caressed for centuries by wind and rain, or to the surface of skin, lovingly stroked by a sensitive hand and desire. This is how I \"read\" her paintings, but I emphasize, a thousand other interpretations would be just as possible and just as true.<\/p>\n

When I say that Johanna Elbe makes it difficult for me, I mean that the kind of art she \"lovingly creates\" can be incredibly hard to describe and attempt to place. You almost have to be there. These are paintings that draw their nourishment from the nature surrounding her and then merge those impressions with a wave of sensualism. She captures an image, receives an impulse, and infuses it with feeling\u2014feelings of everything that exists within a person.<\/p>\n

A painting of something easily read or easily recognized can be simple to interpret and write about, but how does one speak about the most subjective? The most private, the innermost, perhaps even the  <\/span>most forbidden?<\/p>\n

One of our foremost art philosophers, the art critic Ulf Linde, titled one of his art books \u201dSpejare\u201d.<\/i> He wrote in a dedication:<\/p>\n

\"Are we not all seekers<\/i>? \"searchers?\"<\/p>\n

I add, Johanna Elbe is also a seeker.<\/i> And personally, I must confess that in her tender paintings, I see an ultra-sensitive searcher for both rest and beauty, anxiety and happiness. But as I said, it's not entirely easy to reach her. And I think that's how it should be. Because after the search, you come home.  <\/span>And who said it should be easy? Roads are winding.<\/p>\n

Listen to what she herself writes in a presentation.<\/p>\n

\"Creation happens intuitively, and the paintings slowly emerge in thin layers of acrylic. It is a pursuit of recovery, the simply simple in a world filled with stress and unreasonable expectations. Each artwork has a connection to a fragment of nature in an attempt to intuitively capture the feeling that nature brings rather than creating a literal depiction.\"<\/i><\/p>\n

So speaks Johanna Elbe. Perhaps one can conclude that she herself provides the best picture of the origin and essence of her creations?<\/p>\n

So then, finally, my concluding reflections on Johanna Elbe's art as communication. A person can communicate with me through various expressions. With facial expressions, with gestures, but usually with words. Communication through words can be verbal. We can whisper to each other or shout. We can also communicate by trying to reach each other, influence each other, through writing. This can happen, as here, through texts in books, newspapers, radio, and many other media. However, the image is perhaps the oldest form of communication. This is something I, and many others, have come to understand. I have dedicated my life to living close to, intimately with images, intimately with what we call art.<\/p>\n

And Johanna Elbe is, as seen, an artist who has chosen the image as her form of expression. I have attempted above to interpret and engage with her expression. I have also increasingly begun to view her images as letters to the viewer, letters to all of us who encounter her art. Her whispers and shouts.<\/p>\n

A piece of advice, in all goodwill: also see her art as love letters to you. Then your adventure will be richer.<\/p>


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Linus Cinnamoni (2024-12-21). \u201dJohanna Elbe, V\u00e4xj\u00f6\u201d. World Art Guide 2025: s. 20-27
Bellamonti Art – ISBN: 9789153123583<\/p>\n

Ewan Shah ( 2024-12-24). ”Johanna Elbe: A Visionary in the Sublime Swedish Art of Living”. Aatonau<\/a><\/p>\n

Marie Fransson (2024-06-11). \u201dJohanna Elbe fr\u00e5n V\u00e4xj\u00f6 st\u00e4llde ut i New York: ”Det handlar om att synas i r\u00e4tt sammanhang”\u201d. Sm\u00e5landsposten: s. B8-9.<\/p>\n

Gina Cinnamoni (2023-05-01). \u201dJohanna Elbe, V\u00e4xj\u00f6\u201d. Nordic Art Guide 2023: s. 52-59
Bellamonti Art – ISBN: 9789152761380<\/p>\n

Tom Swales (2023-12-22). \u201dL\u00e5t konsten krydda hemmet med Japandi\u201d Villa Nytt, nr12
2023: s. 40-42<\/p>\n

Marie Fransson (2023-11-16). \u201dJohanna Elbe, 39, fr\u00e5n V\u00e4xj\u00f6 st\u00e4llde ut konst p\u00e5 Louvren
i Paris\u201d. Sm\u00e5landsposten: F\u00f6rstasidan samt s. B8.<\/p>\n

Henric Bingstr\u00f6m (2023-11-11) \u201dJohanna fr\u00e5n V\u00e4xj\u00f6 st\u00e4llde ut p\u00e5 Louvren\u201d.
Sverigesradio P4 Kronoberg.<\/p>\n

Stig \u00c5ke St\u00e5lnacke (januari 2023). \u201dJohanna Elbes viskningar och rop\u201d. S.\u00c5. St\u00e5lnacke \u00e4r journalist och konstkritiker, medlem av AICA (International Association of Art Critics).<\/p>\n

Marie Fransson (2023-05-16). \u201dJohanna, 38, och Jessica, 37, visar konstverk utomlands och i V\u00e4xj\u00f6: \u201dAllt har en koppling till naturen\u201d\u201d. Sm\u00e5landsposten: F\u00f6rstasidan samt s.
B8-9.<\/p>\n

Matilda Wirstr\u00f6m (2022-01-31). \u201dJohanna Elbe f\u00e5ngar naturens element med abstrakt
elegans \u2013 \u201dJag vill skapa en plats f\u00f6r sinnesro\u201d\u201d. Artportable, publikationer.<\/p>\n

Tom Swales (2022-02-28). \u201dHarmoni i hemmet med Japandi Art\u201d Villa Nytt, nr2 2022: s.
72-75<\/p>\n

Anna Karlsson (2022-04-23). \u201dJohanna Elbe visar sina m\u00e5lningar p\u00e5 Konstrundan\u201d.<\/p>\n

V\u00e4rnamo nyheter: F\u00f6rstasidan del2.<\/p>\n

Sabine von Borgstede (2021-08-26). \u201dJapandi Art – en del av det avskalade och enkla\u201d<\/p>\n

Villa Nytt, nr8 2021: s. 28-31<\/p>\n

Marie Fransson (2021-05-28). \u201dNu ska Johanna Elbes tavlor visas p\u00e5 m\u00e4ssa i Monaco\u201d.
Sm\u00e5landsposten: F\u00f6rstasidan samt s. B9.<\/p>\n

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Other Publications<\/p>\n

ICON Brands – ICON Magazine Nr2 2025
Aller Media – Residence, Nr6 2025
Aller Media – ELLE Decoration, Nr2 2025
N\u00f6jesnytt V\u00e4xj\u00f6, oktober 2023.
Cond\u00e9 Nast – House & Garden, April issue 2022
Cond\u00e9 Nast – House & Garden, May issue 2022
Cond\u00e9 Nast – House & Garden, June issue 2022<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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2024
ArtExpo NY 2024, jurybed\u00f6md utst\u00e4llning – Pier 36, Manhattan, New York, USA.
Utst\u00e4llning – Kungsgatan 5, V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Sverige

2023
Salon International d\u2019art Contemporain, jurybed\u00f6md utst\u00e4llning – Carrousel du Louvre, Paris Frankrike.
Jurybed\u00f6md samlingsutst\u00e4llning, V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Konsthall – V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Konstrunda, V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Sverige.
K\u00e4rlekens Torg – Musikhj\u00e4lpen 2023, V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Sverige
Konstinstallationen, Essence of Nature – World Trade Center V\u00e4xj\u00f6, Sverige.
Lo Spazio Sacro, Rome Art Night – Rossocinabro Gallery, Rom Italien.
Comfort Culture – Rossocinabro Gallery, Rom Italien.
Contemporary Art: The Rome Experience – Rossocinabro Gallery, Rom Italien.

2022
International Contemporary Art Fair ART3F – Porte de Versailles Paris, Frankrike.
Utst\u00e4llning – Artportable, S\u00f6dermalm Stockholm.
Samlingsutst\u00e4llning Gislaved Konsthall – Konstrundan Gislaved-Gnosj\u00f6, Gislaved Sverige.
Collective International Exhibition – Van Gogh Art Gallery, Madrid Spanien.
Una visione un po\u2019 differente – Rossocinabro Gallery, Rom Italien.
Utst\u00e4llning – Galleri Plume, Viken Sverige.
Nuovi Mondi – Rossocinabro Gallery, Rom Italien.
Jurybed\u00f6md utst\u00e4llning – Svenska Konstgalleriet, Malm\u00f6 Sverige.
Reinventando L\u2019ordinario – Rossocinabro Gallery, Rom Italien.
Jurybed\u00f6md samlingsutst\u00e4llning – V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Konsthall – V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Konstrunda, V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Sverige.
Sm\u00e5lands Museum – V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Konstrunda, V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Sverige.
Residenti – Rossocinabro Gallery, Rom Italien.
Rome Art Week – Rossocinabro Gallery, Rom Italien.
Be Rossocinabro – Rossocinabro Gallery, Rom Italien.
Lo Spazio Sacro, Rome Art Night – Rossocinabro Gallery, Rom Italien.

2021
International Contemporary Art Fair ART3F – Chapiteu de Fontvielle Monaco.
Japandi Art, solo exhibition - World Trade Center, V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Sweden
D.E M.O Lifestyle – M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milano & Fuerteventura.
Collective International Exhibition – Van Gogh Art Gallery, Madrid Spanien.

2005
Collective Exhibition - The University of V\u00e4xj\u00f6, Sweden

2004
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Meriter Johanna \u00e4r aktuell i konstboken \u201dThe World Art Guide 2025\u201d och har ett internationellt erk\u00e4nnande med konstn\u00e4rskod i Mus\u00e9e du Louvres arkiv. Nyligen st\u00e4llde hon ut under ArtExpo New York 2024 – The World’s Original Fine Art Trade Show. Under 2023 blev hon omskriven av konstkritikern Stig \u00c5ke St\u00e5lnacke (medlem i AICA) och utsedd […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8430","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afelbe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afelbe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afelbe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afelbe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afelbe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8430"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/afelbe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10770,"href":"https:\/\/afelbe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8430\/revisions\/10770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afelbe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}