SPORT | Anne Thulin

Anne Thulin

[sport] 3a: to deviate from type b: as bud variation, 2005
Vinyl, fabric, glue & sand
(3) 72” diameter

This sculpture takes the form of three large balls lodged in various trees in the Park. These orange vinyl-covered balls – reminiscent of medicine balls - appear to have flown out of bounds and would be lost if not for their giant scale.

Born 1953
Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden and New York, NY

Anne has been exhibiting and presenting performances since 1987. Her solo exhibitions include: Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden (2004, 1999 and 1996); Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden (2003); Olle Olssom-huset, Stockholm, Sweden (2001); Galleri 29, Växjö, Sweden (1996); Galleri Sankt Olof, Norrköping, Sweden (1995); Galleri Ahnlund, Umeå, Sweden (1994); Galleri Pär Widegren, Lidköping, Sweden (1994); Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven, Holland (1992); Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY (1991); and Linda Vista Gallery, Arizona, AZ (1991).

Group exhibitions include: Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, (2004); Long Island City Art, New York, NY (2004); Touchy Feely, Eyewash Gallery, New York, NY (2002); New Contemporary, Wanås Sculpture Park, Knislinge, Sweden, (2001); The Old News, PS122 Gallery, New York, NY (2000); Milestones for Peace, travelling exhibition: Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Poland, New York (2000); Available Space, Smith Town Art Council, Long Island, NY (1999); Memento Metropolis, Stockholm, Sweden (1998); The City As A Memory, The Chicago Athenaeum, Chicago, IL (1998); Mary Jane Aladren, London, UK (1998); Wanåsutställningarna 1987-1997, Skissernas Museum, Lund, Sweden, (1998); Smart Show, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden (1997); Memento Metropolis, Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium (1997); Artforum, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Berlin, Germany (1997); På Tiden, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden, (1996); Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden, (1996); Memento Metropolis, Copenhagen, Denmark, (1996); Works on Paper, Ubu Gallery, New York, NY (1995); Wax, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY (1995); Identity & Illusion, Thomas Nordanstad Gallery, New York, NY (1995); The Box, Ubu Gallery, New York, NY (1994); Wanås 1994, Wanås Sculpture Park, Sweden, (1994); 5 Sculptors, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY (1993); Paper Trails, Krannert Art Museum, Illinois, (1993); Works on Paper, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY (1993); Songs of Retribution, Richard Anderson Gallery, New York, NY (1993); The Inaugural Exhibition, Bianca Lanza Gallery, Miami, FL (1993); All Words Suck, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden, (1992); Inside An Idea, Hunter College Gallery, New York, NY (1992); Painterly Objects, S. Bitter-Larkin Gallery, New York, NY (1992); Twentieth Anniversary, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY (1992); Book Box Word, Center of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL (1992); Summer Spotlight, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY (1991); Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY (1991); Construction in Process, Lodz, Poland (1990); Moving Triangles, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY (1988); Interactive Theatre, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY (1988); and Outside In, Columbus Circle City Gallery, New York, NY (1987).

Performances Include: La Mer, P.S.122, New York, NY (1995); Happy Hour, The Kitchen, New York, NY (1993); A Play Called Not And Now, by Gertrude Stein, Lodz, Poland, (1990), New York, NY, Boston, MA, and Malmö, Sweden (1989)

Grants include Konstnärsnämnden, Stockholm, Sweden; Svenska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish Information, New York; and The American Scandinavian Foundation, New York.