ELIN KÄLLMAN (born 1977) In order for art to transform from a purely aesthetic experience into something that truly touches the soul of the viewer, the artist must dare to take the leap over the artistic distancing that too often attracts the practitioner with its security-creating atmosphere. However, the requirement for authenticity in the artistic process is not something that everyone is blessed with being able to fulfill. Even fewer are the artists who dare to be directly self-disclosing in their art. An artist who has truly succeeded in breaking down the barrier between the practitioner and the viewer is Elin Källman. In her art, she often uses herself as a model, or rather as an actor in the world that is hers. Without a filter, s...