Johan

Drawings Sep - Okt 08

Here are drawings made in sep and beginning of oct. They are presentedin chronological order with the first at the top. Some of them have a titleor comment.I have separated the illustrations to "Fäder...
Posted by Johan on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:03:00 PST

Sketchbook Extracts Summer 08

This is a selection of landscapes, figuratives and portraits from my sketchbooksof this summer.   First some selfportraits from my trip to Sturkö, were I spent a week painting and drawing.La...
Posted by Johan on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:37:00 PST

A Sum up

    I have come to a point in life were I normally can experience power.  Of courseI have for long practised in a very loose way, the art of stalking power. But beinga human, I wil...
Posted by Johan on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:01:00 PST

Thoughts on Complexity

1.  I find myself doing paintings that are intricate and complicated,with lots of pictorial elements, and that just seems to become ever morecomplicated. I came to realize this and put this into ...
Posted by Johan on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:58:00 PST

A major Art Critique - Comment 1

The expressive brushstroke should be the main objective for a painter.Secondly I argue that, in order to free this brushstroke from dependancy, the narrative and illustrative aspects should be removed...
Posted by Johan on Sun, 25 May 2008 01:56:00 PST

A major Art Critique - Where to go?

A constant concern of mine is:  even if I do develope new estethics and deepensome aspect of the painterly tradition (using only brush and oil) even so, what couldI have done more?  Were are...
Posted by Johan on Sun, 18 May 2008 02:31:00 PST

Dikt - 17 Maj 2008

A new poem below.  The first version in swedish,regards/Johan17 maj 2008Ånyo dras dessa gränser utman kvinnaånyo definieras dessa distanser ånyo omöjliggörs mötenty vi är ägdaav allt som måste ti...
Posted by Johan on Sat, 17 May 2008 03:23:00 PST

Painting - Collaboration with Soul Manure

This is the first painting in a series (I hope) were I interpret the experimental music of the Californian duo Soul Manure (see my toplist)This tape is called "How deep is the Ocean". It is more settl...
Posted by Johan on Fri, 16 May 2008 04:07:00 PST

Poem - Invisible Bristles

Invisible Bristles In a dream, like in a blanket shiny, white, moving... changing Time was so short Time was so short, how I saw these days shuffled in a pile, unborn, still with the thin shell and...
Posted by Johan on Fri, 16 May 2008 12:23:00 PST

Dikt - Osynliga borst

Osynliga borst  i en dröm, som i ett skynke,blankt, vitt, böljande... föränderligttiden var så korttiden var så kort, hur jag såg dagar skyfflade i en hög,oföddaännu med det tunna skalet, och fär...
Posted by Johan on Thu, 15 May 2008 11:28:00 PST