Stockholm

I am starting to feel that I use the expression time goes fast way to much. But unfortunately it is so.
Only a couple off weeks ago my teacher told me about the Supermarket art fair in Stockholm, and it didn't take long for me to make up my mind and book a ticket. It was an amazing trip and I went to see lots off different museums and public art sites (they have a lot off subway stations with public art). The market itself wasn't as big as I expected and didn't take that long to go through (which gave more time for other museums). I do have to say that being there gave me a lot off confidence about what I am doing myself. The market consists of small galleries mostly run by the artist themselfs and thus not too commercial. I could have definitely seen some of my own work competing over there.

The city itself is a beautifull old town stretched out over multiple smaller islands. Unfortunately I didn't see any classic cars at all. But with -19 degrees celcius temperature and snow on the roads everywhere that is quite understandable. I guess I have to find a classic Saab or Volvo somewhere else.

This week I am going to try out some new collages with some of the extra prints I made. We have new tutors for this semester and I am in a different group as well. Luckily my studio has increased in space so I really feel like producing and trying to fill up the walls.

C02 Projectspace

This semester we are all supposed to set up a small show in the project space C02 at ECA. Since I have been working on my prints alot and trying to get as much feedback as possible I thought it would be a smart idea to sign up for a rather sooner than later date. It was going to look like I had the space all to myself but luckily one of my classmates decided to join me (Gregor Morrison). Since he is doing a lot  of prints aswell we thought it might be a good combination.
The crit went really wel and I have to say even though it was a bit tough at the beginning (you're not alowed to say anything for the first 30 minutes), just taking notes for a while really makes you think aout what the people are saying. And hey I did this to get feedback right? So in the end I didn't really feel like I had to defend myself or anything I was just pleased with all the feedback I got. Ok some of it more than other but it is good to hear what comes to mind when other people look at your work, and then I don't mean the I like the colours you used kind of comments I was used to get. Yes doing a masters degree is deffinitely different and in my oppinion for the better.

Money prints

A new month so time for some new work. Again I have been working verry hard in the screen printing department this time on a smaller scale though. I gathered different valuta from the countries that I see as the onces that had the biggest roles in the auto industrie (ok so I left out a few but I couldn't get valuta from all of them at this moment). After that I printed classic cars on top off them to show the iconic value and hoping to show the glabalization point aswell. I do have to work further into this and think about how to present them better. I will be looking into gathering old valuta that isn't in use anymore to represent the passing of the (in my eyes) great automotive era. Luckily thanks to the euro it should be easy to find European money from this time.

I have also finaly been able to find my way into the glass department, and although it is still a bit difficult to work in there I am finaly doing something with it. Hopefully I will be able to show you some of this in the near future. For now you will just have to do with some of my money prints (there are more on my website )