Swedish Photography

FLORENCE MONTMARE. "Death and the Sea I" (2017). Edition: 30+2 AP. Signed and numbered. Certificate of Authenticity included. Hahnemühle Rag 308 g. Available in 2 sizes.

Death and the Sea series consists of 3 works, Montmare created in her residence stay at the Bergmancenter Fårö (Sweden 2017) and is part of her body of works Scenes from an Island.

Scenes from an Island is a utopian dream to co-exist in harmony with nature, a relationship that is both contradictory and exclusive. The overarching theme is the human condition of displacement and transience played out against Ingmar Bergman’s barren cinematic landscape on the remote island of Fårö, Sweden. I staged scenarios; sans figures and with figures transitioning through the frame, to explore the elemental conditions of landscape — bodies contrasted with the desolate topography — the mountains, the earth, the water, and the air.

In a society where neutrality, secularism, and individualism rule, the relationship to nature is almost religious as a way of finding connection. The exhibition was shown at Fotografiska New York, at Bergmancenter, Sweden, and at Helsinki Photo Festival's Nordic Village project hosted by The National Museum of Finland .

Vienna-born, Swedish/Greek/American artist Florence Montmare creates photographs, films, performances, and installations. After an MBA in Design Management, she went on to study photography at the School of Visual Arts and the International Center of Photography. As she started up her own studio practice, she was mentored by artists Sam Samore and Deborah Turbeville, among others. She was an artist in residence at Chashama New York, at Ingmar Bergman Estate, and Baltic Center for Writers in Sweden. Her work has been exhibited internationally at Les Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles, Casino Luxembourg, Saarlandmuseum, Centre d’art Contemporain du Luxembourg, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain Belgium, Färgfabriken Sweden and at Fotografiska New York. She previously held the position of the Head of Cultural and Public Affairs at the Swedish Consulate General in New York. She is represented by Ivy Brown Gallery and Valerie Goodman, New York. Based out of New York and Sweden, she creates photographs, films, exhibitions, and installations.

https://www.florencemontmare.com/

The work can be explored in our Virtual Art Gallery: https://visit.virtualartgallery.com/helphoto-selected-darlings