Artist statement, Robert Johansson
My artistic practice encompasses myths and hearsays, and how humans reflect themselves in relation to nature and animals. Using associative, illogical and alluring narratives, I primary works with drawing, pyrography, installation and sculpture.
The commission Inaugura at HarborArts Boston Shipyard Gallery was finished October 2011. The work, a wooden relief, connects the 19th century scientific drawings of Ernst Haeckel with a composition referring to the structure of a cross section of the human eye.
Together with Jan Hakon Erichsen I´ve had exhibitions in Norway, Copenhagen and Berlin. These shows are made up by site-specific wall drawings, sculptures, photos and videos. The dream of returning to primary values and the frustration in the impossibility within that wish, will set the backdrop for the aggressive works. Our next show will be at Nordnorsk kunstsenter(NO) in 2013.
Previous shows include Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst (NO), Nos fables at SP Gallery in Stockholm (SE), Tegnerforbundet in Oslo (NO), 3rd Beijing International Art Biennale (CH), Sweet Punch: Recent Nordic Video (NZ) and ARS 06 at Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki (FI).