Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Tongue-in-cheek art in Stockholm


The giant bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Dan Wolgers got at last a home in front of the new photography museum in Stockholm. Stockholm Konst and Ports of Stockholm decided to place it outside of Fotografiska instead of central Stadsgården. The name of the sculpture is Torso, and it is said to represent in true Dadaistic spirit the artist´s self-portrait and a woman’s womb. Well, the more you know about Dan Wolgers and his work, the more interesting it gets. His imagination, the provocative productivity and the selling power reminds me somehow of – of – of course of our dear Jani Leinonen...

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