Swedish artist Mamma Andersson (b. 1962) draws inspiration from a wide range of archival photographic source materials, filmic imagery, theater sets, and period interiors. Her paintings employ a broad array of techniques, deftly shifting between stark graphic lines to loose washes and thickly rendered brushstrokes. With their richly detailed and complex surfaces, the artist's works stand as a testament to her deep engagement with the painterly process itself. Her evocative use of pictorial space conveys a feeling of timelessness, which is further enhanced by a conspicuous absence of contemporary signifiers, appearing to merge the past, the present, and the future.
 
The present work depicts a small group of tree trunks, executed in a palette of whites, pinks, and reds. Trees are a common motif in Andersson's paintings, often presented in fragmentary view, creating a cryptic, contemporary landscape. She highlights the midsections of these slim trees, planted in front of a wall faintly graffitied with house-like shapes and a large eye. Contrasting the flat planes of green grass and the expanse of beige wall with the finely rendered brushstrokes that define the tree bark, the artist creates a material tension on the surface that is signature to her works.

Mamma Andersson: Humdrum Days. Exh. cat. (Humlebæk, Denmark: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2021), pp. 101 and 175, illustrated.