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Here I am, lying on the same old blue kitchen sofa, thinking about all the maids lying like me, but in another time. They were in it, not on, like I am. But I’m not a maid? My mother was. But I was in the potato basket, hiding, disappearing, to get away from all the picking. Recognizing, and darkness and dirt and the smell of potatoes. And pain when I get hit by one.
– Are you in there? – Get out and pick! Out of that same basket I found… a different story
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Born 1956 in Maglaby Kvidinge, Sweden. Lives and works in Maglaby in the northern province of Skåne, Sweden.
Astrid Göransson is a multi media artist working in painting, drawing, animation, sculpture, photography and video. She studied sculpture at Royal College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm 1977–78 and 1980-81. She attended the art school Forum in Malmö 1981-85 and again 1987-88. Finally she attended Valand Royal College of Art, 1999 to 2000, the Department of Free Art and New Media. Previous years exhibitons include Galleri Wallner, Simrishamn, Galleri Syster, Luleå, Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås, Hässleholms Kulturhus, Hässleholm, Galleri 1, Gothenburg among many others.