CAROUSCHKA STREIJFFERT

Carouschka Streijffert (b.1955) is an artist, architect SIR/MSA, scenographer, active in Stockholm and on her own island in the Stockholm archipelago. She was educated at Gerlesborgsskolan and at Konstfack in Stockholm 1971–1978.

Distinctive to her artistry are collages, architecture and spatial creation. The material she uses in her free creation is often found; paper documents, metal, wood, bone fragments, textiles, glass beads, etc. A solid craftsmanship is the basis for the artistic work to which she has devoted her life.

Carouschka Streijffert’s artistry spans a multitude of forms of expression – influences from Constructivism, Dadaism, Functionalism and Futurism can be discerned – with a clear aesthetic welded harmony. During her more than 50 active years, she has remained true to her aesthetics and managed to maintain her distinctive character. The artisanal, analogical, tangible and corporeal – combined with her exploration of mass production, abundance, reuse and nature’s resources – make Carouschka Streijffert’s artistry highly topical.

In the exhibition, the viewer encounters hundreds of sculptural objects, collages and paintings, which together show the artist’s rich aesthetic symbolism and present a museum structure characterized by resistance to mass production.