Mamma Andersson: crepuscular studies of the everyday

The Swedish artist’s new show once again reveals her ability to capture the ways in which we remain remote to those nearest us – and to ourselvesNine women converge at a table. Most are wearing black, their bodies disappearing into the intimacy of friendship, of a figureless shape. One is sipping tea, and another is smoking a cigarette. Behind them, a tawny-brown curtain is half-drawn and falls floor to ceiling. Adjacent to it, four paintings hang arbitrarily on a wall. One is a portrait of