Carl Johan De Geer
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a carpet, "Monster Subtil", hand tufted, c 297 x 199 cm, signed and numbered 1/25
In New Zealand wool. The original pattern was composed by Carl Johan De Geer in 1986.
Carl Johan De Geer, the visionary artist and author, seized his daughter's plastic toys in a burst of inspiration. With a mix of creative joy and a dose of eccentricity, he began to arrange and combine these small figures to draw a world of surreal patterns.
The toys, with their colourful surfaces and enticing shapes, became the building blocks for Carl Johan De Geer's artistic creation. He crafted a lively dance among the various plastic creatures, liberated by their inherent playfulness. With each movement and every arranged position, a new monster emerged - a monster that was a tribute to the absurd and the grotesque.
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Carl Johan De Geer was a Swedish painter, designer, photographer, and author. He studied from 1959-62 at Konstfack. He is one of the leading representatives of the boundary-crossing artists of the 1960s. Utilising the magazine “Puss” as his platform, De Geer and others satirically critiqued society and its representatives in a provocative style. In their exhibitions, which often take the form of entire scenographies, he works with all art forms. He has designed textile patterns, created paintings featuring kitsch and memories, made films, and written novels that blend modernism with pop culture.
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