ISSUES

ISSUES is happy to present Historical Figures, the second solo show at the gallery by Swedish but Los Angeles-based artist Emanuel Röhss. He returns to the subject of vision in relation to time but now, also in relation to fiction. For the exhibition, eight busts have been made using techniques developed in the movie and theatre industries. They are presented on podiums in the gallery where some of them seem to be in conversation with one another. The figures are at the same time historically fictional and fictionally historical. Stepping into the context of each figure, one is not only transported in time but also into other worlds.

EMANUEL RÖHSS

b. 1985 Gothenburg, Sweden. Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA.

Emanuel studied at the Royal College of Art, London, where he received an MA in Painting, as well as at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin (BA Painting), and Valand Academy (BFA Fine Art). The artist has exhibited extensively both in Sweden and internationally. Recent solo shows include Galerie Nordenhake Focus, Stockholm (2022); Gothenburg Museum of Art (2021–22); Coma Gallery, Sidney; ISSUES, Stockholm; Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles; Index Art Foundation, Stockholm; Carl Kostyál, Stockholm and SALTS, Basel. He was included in group exhibitions at Sadie Coles HQ, London; The Thielska Museum, Stockholm; Anonymous Gallery, New York; Sven Harry’s Konstmuseum, Stockholm; Museo Capadimonte, Napels; Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö; South London Gallery, London; Seventeen Gallery, London and Rowing, London.

In 2021, Röhss received the Sten A Ohlsson Foundation for Research and Culture Visual Art Award. His work is represented in collections such as Kistefos Collection, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Gullringsbo konst- samling and Stenastiftelsens konstsamling, to name but a few.