PLAYA!
27 aug → 9 nov 2025
Participating artists: Dimen Hama Abdulla, Benedikte Bjerre, Alfred Boman, Elis Monteverde Burrau, Militza Monteverde Burrau, coyote, Hedda Hultman, Jenny Kalliokulju, Essi Kausalainen (with ensemble), Melanie Kitti, Ulrika Lublin, Marthe Ramm Fortun, Hilde Retzlaff, Ursula Reuter Christiansen, Sally von Rosen, Eetu Sihvonen, Edit Sihlberg
The world is unraveling. Life, as always, has an end. Bonniers Konsthall’s major autumn exhibition Playa!, offers grace and hope at the end of time. Rhythm, hand, thought, association, words and poetry weave together the exhibition. Through painting, sculpture, installation and social situations, Playa! brings together a wide range of artists from different generations, based in Sweden and across the Nordic region. Between the existential poles of mercy and hope, the exhibition explores the condition of art and humanity. Is there still hope? Is there beauty? A way forward – through the social sphere? In the microbiology of friendship? In aesthetic perception, or political association? A shared clarity and a concentrated force run through the works – poised between spell and scrutiny.
With support from Nordic Culture Fund.
Images: Playa!, 2025. Installation views, Bonniers Konsthall. Photo: Jean-Baptiste Béranger
