"the Miura Bull", Anders Kumlien

Anders Kumlien, a friend from my "office space", has done three very successful exhibitions in the last year. The latest, "different fuels for inspiration", is at Elverket in Stockholm until june fourth. I like his canvas a lot, and the foreground subject seems almost secondary to me. It's very visual, with layered oil, and I don't think there's anything you need to "get". If you're in the neighborhood, get something to eat and look at the paintings... Anders also designs clothes under the label Stoked.

On a similar, but different, note, "Hos oss" (with us, at our place), is an "open air" exhibition on the backyard of Skånegatan 68. It's made by a sort of loose art collective, that arranges art exhibitions for and by friends. Henrik Borggren, a friend and former room mate of mine, made the flyers with a manipulated satellite image. Hanna Hjälte, Calle Mobergs' girlfriend, appears to be a leading force in this little collective.

There's surreal pieces, as well as some political, fun, poetic and, well, generally confusing ones. Here's a few:

I'm not sure, but I think this is
a scattered brain.

Hanna Hjälte. This is part of a "ghost game", that I didn't quite get the rules of. It's human shaped
bed sheets on hangers. Lot's of them.

What's interesting about the exhibition is how you react to art in places where you're not used to seeing it. If you take away the minimalist environment normally seen, and use a backyard instead, some pieces will suffer while others shine. It resembles guerilla-art, although this was clearly sanctioned.

This has inspired me to pick up art myself... but I won't make any promises.

I didn't write down the names of all the artists, I'm affraid. So if anyone knows, please let me know.


A beautiful scale-torso,
that really seemed to blend
in with the environment.