Carl Johan De Geer
Carl Johan De Geer, Untitled
Signed M Erixson and Carl Johan De Geer. Photograph by Marcus Erixson and painted by Carl Johan De Geer. Image 27 x 45 cm.
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Tom Böttiger Collection.
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Carl Johan De Geer, a Swedish painter, designer, photographer, and author. Educated at Konstfack from 1959-62. He is one of the foremost representatives of the 60s' boundary-crossing artists. Using the magazine "Puss" as a platform, he and others provoked society and its representatives with vexing satirical style. In his exhibitions, which often comprise entire scenographies, he works with all forms of art. He has designed textile patterns, created paintings with kitsch and memory images, made films, and written novels in a borderland between modernism and pop culture.
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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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