Group IX/SUW, The Swan, No. 1
1915
One of Sweden's foremost women artists, she studied at the Royal Academy of Fine…
A space divided into stark black and white. Within it, a white swan and a black swan meet beak to beak.
At first glance, it appears to be a beautiful, mirror-like symmetry. However, it is actually a quiet yet intense intersection of energy, where 'opposition' and 'integration' collide.
From 1914 to 1915, when this painting was created, the world was engulfed in the chaos and slaughter of World War I.
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