With the help of film, text and image the artist Conny Karlsson explores the boundaries between language, social, political and intimate identity. In various renactments and staged situations he finds it intriguing to see how the position changes, such as using materials with a personal content presented in a way that is more poltical charged. He examines this concern with people having an activist approach, usually in a sphere related to social functions, sexual topics, and a radical political agenda. Often with an iconographic popular culture reference as a starting point his intention is to create a new perspective and meaning.
Karlsson holds an MFA in Fine Arts from Valand Academy of Fine Arts and currently based in New York, US and Stockholm, SE.
NEWS:
»Limp Wrist, Becoming«
30 May–05 June 2012
Göteborg Konsthall/
Art Institution, Sweden
curator Book on the Fritz
»The Secret Cabinet«
28 January–29 July 2012
in a hidden location – Berlin
curator Cristina Navarro
www.thesecretcabinet.com
Kalmar Museum of Art (Solo)
Kalmar, Sweden
Spring 2013
curator Bengt Olof Johansson
»Limp Wrist« (Solo)
28 March–28 April 2012
Alingsås Konsthall/
Art Institution, Sweden
curator Medeia Sogor Ekner