Sally von Rosen - On Three Legs: Stockholm
Andréhn-Schiptjenko has the pleasure of presenting Sally von Rosen’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, On Three Legs, opening on Thursday 26 February between 17:00 – 20:00 in the presence of the artist.
Von Rosen’s sculpture and performance-based practice is rapidly gaining international attention. In recent years, her work has been exhibited at institutions such as Bonniers Konsthall (SE), Kunstmuseum Den Haag (NL), Kunsthalle Recklinghausen (DE), Kunsthal Aarhus (DK) and Schinkel Pavillon (DE) to name a few, and Elephant Magazine named her one of the artists to watch in 2025. Upcoming institutional exhibitions include Gothenburg Art Museum (2026) and her first institutional solo exhibition at Kunstverein Göttingen (2027). In early summer, a large-scale outdoor sculpture will be unveiled for a temporary presentation in central Stockholm.
Intuition and theory converge in von Rosen’s practice. Her sculptures are caught in a state of fluid-like transformation, arched and turned, often found balancing on needle-sharp claws. Whilst the works in themselves can come forth as both uncanny and haunting, there is a tenderness embodied within them, begging the viewer for an interpretation. With reference to Jane Bennet’s Vibrant Matter (2010), von Rosen’s practice highlights the importance of treating objects as vibrant entities, engaging audiences in narratives that transcend traditional boundaries between the animate and the inanimate, sparking reflections on our shared existence and environment.
Starting out from the unconditional interaction with tactile matter, the shapes evolve organically as the material merges with her own mental library of stories, memories, and references. Some touch on the history of von Rosen’s family, where military and artistic histories are intertwined. Others create modern fables for rituals in a surreal world marked by infertility, reflecting contemporary anxieties around reproduction. Dismantled symbols of authority are also present in the exhibition, commenting on how power is represented and misinterpreted throughout history. With their open and fluid shapes, von Rosen’s sculptures invite the viewer’s own projection onto the works and open up for a place of contemplation on the viewer’s own sensations and emotional states.
Sally von Rosen (b. 1994, Gothenburg, Sweden) lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Von Rosen received her MFA in 2019 from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts and she has studied Performative Studies at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna. She also holds a BA in Philosophy and Aesthetics from Gothenburg University.
