Despite the fact that impressions and research for artistic production is often taken from the world around us, the making, touch of the hand and interest is first and foremost personal. Attending art school is thus similar to finding a path within, searching for and exploring that which interests you. It can be anything from geopolitical events to the colouring of an object – everything is equally important in art. But at an art school there are other people, right next to you, also finding these inner paths in their search for completely different things. These paths converge, becoming tunnels which lead to new, perhaps unexpected places and insights. That is how art school works to me. Everyone having an impact on each other, consciously and not, making each other into even better artists.

All the art works can therefore be seen as connected, but the exhibition served is not easily digested. Making it all the better, it is a buzzing cross section of the individual practices of next generation’s artists. We get to meet backdrop like bodies, alien panting, cute and creepy animals, meme-TV, bestial drawings, religious building blocs, prismatic video sculpture, bleeding rolls of cloth, monochrome photographs, confused roadsigns, family documentaries, bonnet bulls and tight sculptures. And much more. There might even be something for everyone.

Ölands Konstskola is one of the best preparatory art schools in Sweden. This year’s students are no exception. Remember their names – you will hear them again.

Richard Krantz, curator