PETER JOHANSSON
Peter Johansson, Born in Sälen, Sweden, 1964. Works in Malmö, Sweden and lives in Ugglarp, Sunne, and Copenhagen, Denmark. Photographer Per Jansson
About
Since 1990 Peter Johansson has been working thematically on his own childhood and experience in Dalarna (Dalecarlia). This landscape is situated at the ”heart” of Sweden and has ever since the end of the 19th century acted as a romantic national metaphor for Swedish identity. This metaphor has also been heavily exploited by the tourist industry and still is.
Peter Johansson´s work is made with humour, folkloristic materials as well as uptodate technical presentations, all made with the purpose to bring the kingdom of Sweden down and shut the mouth up of racist acts and aggressions. Not always with succes!
Peter Johansson has a 25 years long artistic career of challenging issues of the popular and national from a swedish and humorous point-of.view. Sculptures and installations have been the subject for phenomenon like the Dalacarlia horse, Falu-sausage, folk dance, nudity and red cottages in international exhibitions as well as in Sweden.
Peter Johansson is born 1964 in Sälen, Sweden, and lives and works in Sunne, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark. Works at KKV - Monumental in Malmö.
For more info visit
peterjohansson.org
peterjohnssonbarbrowestling.com
Works & Exhibitions
Peter Johansson, Korvdamen
Peter Johansson
Peter Johansson, Tennsoldaten
Peter Johansson, Napoleon
Peter Johansson, Carnita - Bonita
Peter Johansson