Sten Eklund
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"Färjor 1"
Signed Sten Eklund and dated 1967 on verso. Glass painting ca 41 x 41 cm.
Provenance
Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm.
Exhibitions
Skånska Konstmuseum, Universitetshuset Lund, "Cool", 10 February - 3 March 1968, cat no 15.
Literature
Skånska Konstmuseum, Universitetshuset Lund, "Cool", 1968, depicted page 8.
More information
Sten Eklunds konstnärskap kretsar kring frånvaron av människan. Inte hennes icke-existens, men hennes icke-närvaro. Både i hans grafiska produktion och i hans delikata glasmålningar bygger han kompositionen med fragment av byggnader, maskiner och objekt. De geometriskt uppbyggda verken blir till spår av människan, av hennes framfart och produktion och där en strukturerad ordning råder i frånvaron av ett mänskligt kaos.
Designer
Sten eklund, Swedish painter and ilustrator. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts between 1966-71. He is known for his work with the fictional 19th-century botanist J.M.G. Paléen and Kullahuset's Secrets, which features 53 hand-colored copper engravings with matching sculptures. The visual narrative is a peculiar art project. Early in his career, Eklund was fascinated with the incomprehensible devices and constructions which he painted on glass or canvas. In watercolor or gouache, he has, in the spirit of Duchamp, created strange battle scenes and other depictions populated by mechanical figures.
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