Carl Johan De Geer
Carl Johan De Geer, "USA mördare" (Stora bilden)
"1967 års upplaga destruerad av polisen. Ny upplaga: Nixons dröm. Eller mardröm", Lithograph in colours, signed 59/90. Sheet size 70 x 57 cm.
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"‘USA murderer’ is the title of one of the three anti-war posters, colour screenprints that Carl Johan De Geer exhibited at Galleri Karlsson in the spring of 1967, which were confiscated by the police. The seizure of the three exhibited works was carried out by the police with the help of a locksmith the day after the opening. According to reports, while the artist, the gallerist, and their friends were playing football at Gärdet. A couple of days later, the remaining part of the editions was also confiscated. The artist was sentenced to a total of 75 daily fines; for insulting a foreign national symbol (regarding this screenprint), as well as for insulting a Swedish national symbol and for incitement (regarding the other two)."
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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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