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A conversation between Emma Bjurström and Sofia Curman

Sofia: In earlier series you have used painting as a method to research your own family history as well as art history. You have created a space in the spotlight for what usually is unseen and under-valued, like the series where you studied backgrounds from historical paintings or the painting where you made an abstract composition of the parts of the façade of a typical Swedish homestead; Falu red planks, white trimmings and a blue door. In your new series, Everything Except Itself, you go deeper into abstraction on its own. Here you …