Swedish artists
- Lived in a small town called Trollhätan
- At a young age he had an interest in drawing but the expectations of what qualified as good art constricted him -realistic picture perfect drawings
- He takes real life objects (found objects) and places them in a box style compartmentalizations fashion that strips the object of its use- produces and entirely different context of the object
- His artwork now relies on the real tangible ob jets that embody his prior desire for realism in a backwards way
- He attended many conservatories for art but it wasn't until he went to Malmö Art academy in Sweden when he started to find his voice in the art world
- He stated creating pieces from household objects to communicate humans relationships with to those objects and how they function
- Johansson says - " the only thing I regret about my education is not taking more risks"
- He utilized strange compositions so the view becomes more important than the viewer since the viewers are the ones that carry the associations with the objects on display
- He's open to private interpretation of his work
- His work can be an embodiment of vivid memories from his childhood piecing together model cars and trains
- His artwork comments on factorization with the repetitive objects that allow the object to be interpreted differently
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| Engine Bought Separately - Hugin |
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| Packa Pappas kappsäck (Pack Daddy's Suitcases) |
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| Cake Lift, 2009 |
Born: October 27, 1954
Died: January 31, 2012
- went to the university of Michigan
- He developed sculpture, installation, and performance pieces
- His work involves found object, textile banners, drawings, assemblage, collage, performance, sculpture and video.
- also went to CAL Arts Institute
- He developed a series of projects in which he explored poetic themes
- His work uses a variety of media
- He works with: crotchet blankets, rag dolls, thrift finds, etc
- Through the use of material, he alludes the viewer to their childhood through familiarity
- Variety of work
Early life-
- His parents were matriarchal
- His mom was a cook
- At a young age he was involved in the music scene which led to work about nostalgia by finding a connection between art and music in a lot of his early work
- In his artwork the legitimacy of the norm in culture comes into question
- His work is very playful and childlike- alluding to the idea of memory by using familiar objects many can relate to
- Considered the father of sculpture and had a great impact on the art world as we know it
- Duchamp wanted to put art back in the service of the mind
- He also worked with musical ideas in his artwork- he used music in his performance pieces
- use of the ready made
- incorporated found objects or something seen as trash and added a new context to the object
- did'nt want art to just be seen as beautiful
