Johan Furåker

Johan Furåker är utbildad på Umeå konsthögskola samt Malmö konsthögskola. Han började under sin studietid på Konsthögskolan i Malmö att gestalta historier kring ovanliga berättelser och sammanhang. I ett porträttgalleri som med åren har blivit allt rikare, möter vi personer och miljöer som direkt eller indirekt knyter an till varandra. Det aktuella verket ingår i serien "The Culture of Fear" som bland annat ställts ut på Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup.

Elena Tzotzi skrev följande introduktion till projektet i sin text "Three eagles": "Three eagles, three emblems, three nation-states – thus begins the puzzle-like tale that is played out in Johan Furåker’s exhibition The Culture of Fear. Three key paintings, which we see first, depict three symbols of state, permitting the striking resemblances between them to be revealed. This story has its beginnings in the first eagle, which was part of the emblem of the Roman Empire bearing the inscription SPQR – Senatus Populusque Romanus (The Senate and the People of Rome). The second eagle with a wreath and swastika in its talons serves as Nazi Germany’s national coat of arms 1933-1945. The third eagle, a version of the seal of the USA, holds arrows in its left talon and an olive branch in the right, symbolizing war and peace. What is subsequently played out in the exhibition is a tour through the dark forces that form part of the logic of war and of the aesthetic of power."