Editor: Margaretha Söderling
Text: Eva-Lotta Holm Flach, Bo Nilsson, Francis Ponge,
Adam Rosenkvist, Jesper Svenbro, Dan Wolgers
Graphic Design and Art Direction: Waters Löwenhielm
Publishing Editor: Johanna Widlund Crisman
Translation: Jan Salomonsson,
François-Carl Svenbro, Yvonnette Svenbro
2026, Swedish, English, hardcover
240 pages, 22.5 x 27 cm
ISBN: 9789198998016
What is he looking for? Is Wretman absent?
For half a century, Fredrik Wretman's art has amazed and puzzled.
LOOKING FOR ALICE FINE is a monograph in which five authors reflect on Fredrik Wretman’s work, offering personal perspectives on a distinctive artistic practice devoted to exploring the nature of art itself. With a sense of reorientation, the reader is invited to trace a long development and encounter an artistry that is at once spiritual and playful - resisting any easy classification.
"The sculpture Looking for Alice Fine is a portrait of the questing artist. Or the artist who wants to become one with his medium and escape into his painting. I view artistic work and meditation as two sides of the same coin. They are two different methods for connecting with your unconscious, two ways to start thinking. There’s a state you can reach where your thoughts wander by themselves, without any deliberate guidance."
Interview with Fredrik Wretman by Eva-Lotta Holm Flach, published in the book