Tintin And I?

Photo: Sara Jonasson, KalmarPosten

Last wednesday a was invited to Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar Museum of Art, to talk on Tintin and his creator Hergé. I was also asked to talk on the issues of racism in the Tintin books that has been widely discussed the last years.

I think it went pretty well, and I hope the audience enjoyed it.

Lucky Stars

Here's a first look at my Lucky Stars. This photo, of course is a photoshop collage.

News

Today I finished a project I have been working on for a while. It's a group of sculptures for a new built daycare center in Rinkabyholm, a village about 10 km from here.

I haven't actually made the sculptures, just a model and drawings for them. But tonight I am finished and ready for the presentation tomorrow morning. I'll post some pictures soon.

As you can see I've had a lot of coffee the last couple of days. My studio is a mess.

Installation pics

The installation at Kalmar Konstmuseum was finished just hours before opening. Both Malin and I are very pleased with the result.

I'll post som pictures from the opening soon.

Luckies

A couple of drawings done. This one is featuring the all new look for the Werewolf.

Milk

Edits

It's an endless process of editing. Hope to print out monday. I've had some problems finding a suitable paper. Found some Schollenhammer in my drawing cabinet so I will try those.

Upcomimg Exhibition

I'm back in the studio working on drawings for an exhibition. The show is "(H)är II" at Kalmar Konstmuseum. Nov 27 2010 - Feb 27 2011.

It's curated by Malin Nilsson, Kim Einarsson och Anna Norberg.

Malin and I have chosen ten frames from Dogs. These are pretty loose pencils so I'm trying to tighten up.

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Other participating artists are Ingela Johansson, Nina Svensson and Conny Karlsson.

Ai Weiwei at Tate Modern

I spent last week in London and I was looking forward to see Ai Weiwei's installation of Sunflower Seeds in the turbine hall. Unfortunately, due to health issues, the public was not allowed to walk on the installation. So what happens?

People are kneeling along the edges of the installation. Using the seeds to create messages, pictures and patterns. Beautiful!

Cherry Blossom, Done

Today I could finally, with help from trusted friend Sten B, install the Cherry Paintings at Hanemålaskolan, Nybro.

And this two weeks ahead of deadline. The paintings have actually been finished for over a month. Except canvas nr. 5. I repainted the background on that one just two days ago. I was never really happy with it but now it looks as it should.

Sten in action. I actually had started to fasten it to the wall before we noticed our mistake.

As you can see the library is not finished yet.