Warhol meets...

Swedish Cows: Slow Art, An Audiovisual Journey in Stillness, opened January 15 at the Swedish American Museum, Chicago. 

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  Warhol meets the Swedish Väneko in a photo by Patrik Gunnar Helin, who is present for the opening Jan. 15 and the gallery walk on Jan. 16.

• The exhibition opened on Jan. 15 at 6 p.m. in the main floor gallery with a gallery walk with artists on Jan. 16. Swedish Cows is a mixture of artistic expression through the use of various mediums, including: glass, textile, photography, video, light, and sound.
  
  The goal of the display is to exhibit stillness with inspirational objects using fantasy lighting, slow moving video impressions, and wonderful sounds. Facts and cultural history, about a special race of old Swedish cows - Väneko a.k.a. allmogeko and the traditionally most common cow on the Swedish countryside - will be tied into the exhibition.
  
  Artists Pia Sjölin and Patrik Gunnar Helin will attend the Exhibit opening and Gallery walk. Other significant dates—Start with Art: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 7:30 a.m.-10 a.m.; Family Night: Friday, Jan. 22, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
  The exhibit closes on March 14, 4 p.m.
  For more info, call the Museum at 773.728.8111, email museum@samac.org or see www.samac.org

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  A bowl by Pia Sjölin in one of the classic color combinations of the Väneko, which is multi colored in red, white and black. Sjölin is present for the opening Jan. 15 and the gallery walk on Jan. 16.

• Väneko is a breed named after a village (Väne-Ryr) in the province Västergötland. Väne cattle are remnant of the old South Swedish peasant breed and often also called Allmogeko. The breed was discovered in beginning of the 1990s.