Christina Pettersson: The Sentinel

Feb. 11 – March 11, 2012
Opening Reception: Fri., Feb. 10, 6 - 9 pm

Christina Pettersson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Swedish father and American mother, and has been a South Florida resident since the age of seven.

In her new exhibition, The Sentinel, Pettersson focuses on Florida as a tropical locale that is always reshaping itself, through what she calls “the alluring mystery of faraway places.” She writes, “Ever since the first Spanish Conquistadors set foot on the shores of what we know as Florida, dreams and fantasies of what might exist have driven this region’s allure. To this day Florida is borrowing images and stories from whichever culture and history that seems most appealing.” These created landscapes have inspired a new body of thematic work from Pettersson, and provides thought-provoking images that offer fresh insights into our region.

Pettersson’s drawings examine the self not as one lives it, but as one’s imagination creates it. “By narrating my own fantasies,” she says, “I am restoring the epic and mythological to life, a language of desire, and a sense of awe and reverence for the world.”

These supernatural visions, resonating with quiet mystery, have won Pettersson numerous accolades and an impressive resumé of exhibitions.

Funding Acknowledgements

Funding for Christina Pettersson: The Sentinel is provided in part by a grant from Funding Arts Broward.

The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supported in part by its members, admissions, private entities, the City of Hollywood, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and the Kresge Foundation. We welcome donations from all members of the community who wish to support our work.