Malin Cederlund

My practice is based upon an investigation of the human relationship with the natural landscape. Through oil painting and sculptures often combined in installations I am investigating the relationship between humans and nature, and the impact they have got on each other. Working with landscape painting is for me a way of looking back in time through an ongoing conversation with art history and an insight into the way humans have experienced nature over the history of time.

My paintings are built up by thin layers of oil paint. By using this technique the underlying layers are still visible and illustrate the process and the time spent making the painting. I have been experimenting by printing the surface of wood straight on to the painting, as a way of letting the wood itself leave a trace on the painted landscapes. The sculptures are made by natural processed materials which in combination with the painted natural environments aims to shed a light on the temporary state of the landscape, today’s climate change, and ongoing cycles and processes.

Working with installation allows me to handle the sense of loss I feel when it comes to the impact humanity has got on nature today. The feeling of loss has many layers, which can be seen in the paintings, and within the combination of paintings and sculpture. Working with paintings in installations allows for spatiality to be in the work, a space in which one can move and get surrounded by. It’s a way of letting the paintings embrace you, in the same way that grief does.