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Body, Movement, and Space: A Dialogue Through the Works of Philip Dufva, Salad Hilowle, and Dina Isæus-Daggfeldt

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Courtesy of Cecilia Hillström Gallery and Salad Hilowle

Delve into Cecilia Hillström Gallery’s presentation at Market Art Fair 2025, a dialogue on the interplay of art, body, and space across mediums.

At Market Art Fair 2025, Cecilia Hillström Gallery presents a booth dialogue on body, movement, and space through the works of Salad Hilowle, Dina Isæus-Daggfeldt, and Philip Dufva. Each artist brings a distinct perspective, engaging with these themes in ways that offer new insights into how we experience and navigate the world around us. Hilowle’s photographs uncover forgotten histories, Isæus-Daggfeldt’s paintings blend energy with introspection, and Dufva’s sculptures examine the relationship between the body and its architectural surroundings. Through their diverse practices, they challenge and transform our perceptions of body, movement, and space.

Working in a variety of mediums, Salad Hilowle is primarily known for his celebrated video works, where he, with rare sensitivity and precision, uses a research-based approach to highlight forgotten or hidden stories throughout art history and popular culture. Hilowle’s exploration of body and space often highlights suppressed narratives, offering the viewer an opportunity to reconsider familiar stories from a fresh perspective.

 

  • Courtesy of Cecilia Hillström Gallery and Salad Hilowle
  • Courtesy of Cecilia Hillström Gallery and Salad Hilowle

In the tradition of abstract painting, Dina Isæus-Daggfeldt places the gesture at the centre of her practice. With refined technical skill and a seemingly light touch, she creates gestural and powerful paintings. Over the years, a more detailed expression has emerged alongside her larger brushstrokes and dynamic gestures. Designs, stylized clouds, and waves now appear in her paintings, contrasting with the energetic and free-flowing expressions.

The contrast between large, dynamic brushstrokes and intricate, detailed patterns creates a sense of fluctuating time, reflecting both the inner journey and the external world. Through her paintings, Isæus-Daggfeldt invites us to contemplate movement not just in terms of physicality, but also in relation to emotional and temporal dimensions.

  • Courtesy of Cecilia Hillström Gallery and Dina Isæus-Daggfeldt
  • Courtesy of Cecilia Hillström Gallery and Dina Isæus-Daggfeldt

Philip Dufva’s sculptures, installations, and drawings are deeply connected to architecture, particularly modernist urban landscapes. Using concrete and steel — materials that echo the hard elements of the built environment — Dufva’s work is deeply influenced by the revolutionary building techniques of Le Corbusier, who transformed reinforced concrete into a symbol of modernity.

  • Courtesy of Cecilia Hillström Gallery and Philip Dufva
  • Courtesy of Cecilia Hillström Gallery and Philip Dufva
  • Courtesy of Cecilia Hillström Gallery and Philip Dufva

Dufva’s work interrogates the spaces we inhabit and their inherent relationship to power and control. His sculptures explore the intimate, often overlooked spaces within architecture, where the individual body interacts with its surroundings. Dufva’s work asks us to reconsider the neglected cracks and “in-betweens” of our built environment, offering a reflection on both societal neglect and the potential for connection within these overlooked spaces. His works exist just beneath the threshold of architecture, probing the limits of architectural rationality and the individual body’s profound sense of alienation and detachment.

Together, the works of Hilowle, Isæus-Daggfeldt, and Dufva offer a rich and layered dialogue on body, movement, and space. Each artist’s approach provides a new lens through which to explore how we occupy, move through, and relate to the world around us.

 

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