Annika Von Hausswolff research

After I have experimented with photography in the last post, so in this post I will talk about a photographer named Annika Von Hausswolff.

Annika Von Hausswolff(2016)

   Annika von Hausswolff, a Swedish photographer, has a history of disobeying the constraints of her chosen field. She has combined sculpture, installation, performance, people, and props into her varied practise, which primarily investigates the complexity of the human mind, even if pictures continue to be the foundation of her aesthetic and conceptual thinking. Numerous magazines have recognised and discussed Annika Elisabeth von Hausswolff's art, and she has consistently expanded her concepts in numerous projects. Approximately 100 works from her entire career are included in Alternative Secrecy, along with a few more recent pieces created specifically for this presentation. One hundred pieces from Annika Elisabeth von Hausswolff's full body of work are on display in this exhibition. She has also produced artwork involving sculptures, textiles, and installations in addition to pictures.

Still med arm,2002

Her breakthrough came with the series "Back to Nature,1993" which was featured in a student production with the theme "A View of Nature." She was enthralled with "Nordisk Kriminalkrönika," a crime magazine that featured in-depth images of crime scenes, growing up. Crime scene photography serves to preserve an objective record rather than stir up feelings. The camera in the series captures images of women who appear to have been abandoned in the wilderness following an assault. In von Hausswolff's work, combining various image genres such as detective fiction and romantic nature photography is a common strategy. Moreover, the convention that associates masculinity with the supremacy of culture and relates femininity to its opposite, the inadequacy of nature, is implicitly criticised even if no male perpetrators or figures of power are apparent. The woman will soon revert to nature if no one takes her body away. Early adopters of a postmodern, feminist knowledge of how images can reinforce gender stereotypes include Annika Elisabeth von Hausswolff.

After studying the work of Annika von Hausswolf.  I see that in every of her works there is always a meaning and a story behind the pictures, whether it is about herself or the story that reflects society and feminist ideas. Therefore, I think that in creating my own work, I should think of the story that I first convey what to convey anything, it may start with my closest matter first, then develop further.

Reference:

Dreamideamachine (2022) Presentation: Annika Elisabeth Von Hausswolff, dreamideamachine ART VIEW. Available at: http://www.dreamideamachine.com/?p=76922 (Accessed: January 18, 2023).

Annika Elisabeth von Hausswolff's alternative secrecy at Moderna Museet (no date) Widewalls. Available at: https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/annika-elisabeth-von-hausswolffs-moderna-museet (Accessed: January 18, 2023). 

On photography in a world of images (no date) Moderna Museet i Stockholm. Available at: https://www.modernamuseet.se/stockholm/en/exhibitions/annika-von-hausswolff/photography-world-images/ (Accessed: January 18, 2023).