Alexander Basil
Anastasia Bay
Giorgio Celin
Fanny Hellgren
Naeun Kang
Sigve Knutson
Emma Kohlmann
Klara Kristalova
Eric Magassa
Olof Marsja
Minh Ngọc Nguyễn
Devin Troy Strother
Oda Sønderland
Alina Vergnano
Konvergenser #10 (Ten Years of NEVVEN) - Part 2
Apr 30 — Jun 15, 2025
Opening reception: Wednesday, August 14, 18:00—20:00
“Konvergenser #10” is a group show celebrating the first ten years of NEVVEN and its Part 2 is an expansion of the initial exhibition opened this past April featuring a whole new installation of new artworks by the invited artists.
With the goal of celebrating the past, present and future of the project with all the city of Göteborg and its public at large, "Konvengenser #10" exhibits works from a selection of 14 artists, in a multigenerational and fluid group, very partially representing the 156 artists exhibited in the 85 shows arranged by the project since 2015. It is a show where artists that are already part of the art history of their own countries are blended together with young emerging practices that are starting to make their mark, where artists that made the story of the gallery meet the ones at the forefront of its program now, and where everyone is invited to celebrate again an idea which this project somehow reified: the one of convergence. As with the project's first exhibition held in Bangatan 10 which was called "Konvergenser #1" and opened on April 30th, 2015, NEVVEN has become a convergence itself: of artists, curators, ideas, dreams, projects, visitors, friends, and supporters, old and new, amicable and institutional, local and international. "Konvergenser #10" looks back at these ten years of shows at NEVVEN, shows what it has become now, and possibly hopes to give a glimpse of many more to come.
Some of the artists will be present and refreshments will be offered by the multi-awarded Gothenburg brewery O/O Brewing.
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Convergence: at the same time in the same place something happens.
It is a magical equation and an alignment of stars, where energies are released, floating in the air like dust shining backlit.
It is a shared direction, consciously or unconsciously pursued. It is a shared concept searched through different media, or it is different ideas manifesting through similar execution.
We categorise, we attempt to define genres and styles, but sometimes it is just about looking. It is about observing the interactions, feeling the connections and the incongruences.
A convergence as a gathering of ideas, getting closer and suddenly retracting. It is about movement, whatever the direction, whatever the motive. It is about what escapes a definition, what tickles our eyes exactly because it doesn’t have a clear explanation, a clear affiliation.
It is the beauty of an unstable balance, of a wavering symmetry.
Alina Vergnano and Mattia Lullini
(Exhibition text for Konvergenser #1, the first show by NEVVEN, opened on April 30th, 2015)
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