Shedding is the most recent collaboration between the Swedish artists Gustavsson and Hietala. Since their first collaboration in 1994, they have frequently made joint works throughout Scandinavia , while continuing their solo practice. Shedding emerged from the term ‘shedding skin’, and exists in a space between two reflecting wardrobe mirrors. The performative self is reinvented each time a person chooses to change clothes; a multiple identity is created through the outer layer of fabric. The video installation saw four distinct video projections onto four body sized glass panels that created a room within a room in the Project Space.

Gustavsson recently exhibited a major work Gospel in Stockholm, the last leg of a touring exhibition, featuring a series of highly acclaimed paintings. He has just returned from a solo show of new paintings for an exhibition in Kuwait City .

Hietala was the recent IASPIS artist in residence, and was represented at the international Book Art Biennial, in Alexandria . Hietala recently present his much acclaimed series of photographs Mirages at the Finnish Institute in Paris, as part of Mois de la photo.

Shedding was supported by: IAPSIS, The Royal College of Fine Arts Stockholm, The Swedish Embassy London, and Southwark Council, and was made in association with Brändström & Stene (Stockholm) and Gallery Skarstedt (Stockholm).