Private view Friday 17 April, 17:00–22:00.
Opening hours Friday–Sunday 13:00–16:00, until 10 May 2026.
Gotlandsgatan 76, Stockholm. Bus 3 and 76 to Gotlandsgatan or metro to Skanstull.
Sofi Żezmer examines how language and visible signs create meaning and determine our orientation. The act of marking or naming defines what something is, how it is read, how it is valued and by whom. It defines a sense of belonging and it excludes at the very same time. Unmarked Space refers to those zones of life that elude particular definitions and open up a realm of potentiality, in which meaning has not yet been established.
Żezmer’s work balances on the seam between abstraction and possible narrative interpretations. In her sculptures, installations, photographs and collage works on paper, the artist explores how our shifting focus of attention constantly transforms information. How deeply rooted ways of thinking, formed through cultural and biographical rasters, shape our perception of the world, often revealing the absurd and the surreal in the everyday.
Sofi Żezmer (b. 1959, Łódź, Poland) received her BFA from The Cooper Union in 1986 and her MA in Art History from Hunter College in 1993, both in New York. She is now based in Wiesbaden, Germany, where she has lived since 1995. Her multimedia work, often interactive and site-specific, has been shown internationally in galleries, art spaces and museums. This includes: The Municipal Gallery Arsenał, Poznań, BWA Gallery Bydgoszczy, Polish Sculpture Centre, Orońsko, National Gallery Zachęta, Warsaw, Poland / Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, Galerie Hafemann, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Museum Wiesbaden, Germany / 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, among others.
Her work has been published in Flash Art Magazine, New York Arts Magazine, Art in America Magazine, Sculpture Magazine, Art & Antiques Magazine, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Die Zeit Wissen Magazine and others.
Sofi Żezmer is invited by Andreas Ribbung, andreas@candyland.se, 0046703365862
Candyland’s exhibition programme is based on voluntary work but is also supported by the City of Stockholm and the Swedish Arts Council. Sofi Żezmer’s exhibition is generously supported by HMWK (Hessian Ministry of Science and Art) and the Kulturamt der Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden (Cultural Office of the City of Wiesbaden).
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