Galleri Karlsson 1968 [signed]

De Geer Carl Johan

Published by Ectoplasm Books, New York, 2009

About this Item

"Carl Johan De Geer, born in 1938, grew up in absurd privilege and abject unhappiness as a member of one of Sweden s most powerful aristocrat families. His parents showed no discernable interest in him or his siblings, and so he grew up on a grand country estate with his grandparents, went to art school in the late 1950 s, and in an epic choice of rejection lived his life to this day as a perennial Swedish underground artist, working in counterpoint to the privilege of his surname. De Geer, as a masterful Leica M4 snapshot giant à la Van Der Elsken or Daido Moriyama, has the sacred ability to capture the monotone grit of everyday life and demand its reflection. He gives us a glimpse of a Sweden inhabited by people who are the other, whose life experience is impregnated with otherness, providing a visual cue into an unseen world. The visible scratches, fades and imperfections, the wabi-sabi of this collection of vintage prints, is reflected in the images." Galleri Karlsson 1968 is the softbound catalogue published in conjunction with the Johan Kugelberg curated 2009 Boo-Hooray exhibition of the gritty Vietnam-era social reportage of this unsung Swedish master that parallels the work Ed Van Der Elsken and Anders Peterson." cm 20x15; pp. 36; BW ills.; paperback, edition of 100. Signed by the artist. As new. Seller Inventory # 19846

Bibliographic Details

Title: Galleri Karlsson 1968 [signed]

Publisher: Ectoplasm Books, New York

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: brossura

Condition: come nuovo

Signed: Autografato dall'autore

Edition: prima edizione