Distance Of The Rim
縁の距離

Group Exhibition
NAR (Tokyo, Japan)
x—x xxx 2025

The exhibition brings together drawings, paintings, and sculptures from the last four years of Malmcrona’s practice, as well as a newly published book. The title of both the exhibition and the book is derived from a line in Vermeer, a poem by Swedish writer Tomas Tranströmer. It draws on the idea that emptiness is not a lack of something, but rather an opportunity for curiosity and perception wherein we may free ourselves from distractions and externally imposed meanings.

Working across disciplines, Malmcrona creates structures—both physical and conceptual—that weave together cultural, literary, and artistic references into works that question contemporary life and our place within it. Her work bridges Swedish, Swiss, and Japanese sensibilities, highlighting the similarities between the three.

Collectively, the works in the show explore how meaning is derived from an open-minded perception of the spaces we inhabit and our understanding of ourselves within them. They position reduction (in both form and colour) not as a lack of meaning, but as a space for openness, reflection, and a continual exploration of ourselves and of the world around us.