Lars
Nilsson
Stockholm, Sweden, 1956
Lars Nilsson har genom sitt konstnärskap valt att inte sky känsliga ämnen som den manliga blicken, sexualitet och känslolivets mörka krafter. I installationer, målningar, filmer och fotografier sammanför Lars Nilsson olika referenser och tidsperioder. En målning av den amerikanske konstnären Cy Twombly (1928–2011), science fiction-filmen Avatar (2009) eller en historisk text om statsrätt kan vara gnistan till ett nytt verk
Lars Nilsson var professor I bildkonst på Konsthögskolan I Malmö, Lunds Universitet mellan 1995 och 2006.
2003 hade han en stor separatutställning på Magasin III. Andra separatutställningar inkluderar
Eskilstuna konstmuseum, Eskilstuna (2015); Statens Museum för Kunst, Köpenhamn (2004) Palais de Tokyo Paris (2003). Hans verk har även på visats på MoMA PS1, New York, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, bland andra.
The art of Lars Nilsson is a double-edged sword. For long, it has been considered offensive and provocative; though always tickling the imagination, pushing its limits. Nilsson has introduced us to the cradle of male sexuality, through twisted connotations and explicit subject matter. His current work displays even more haunting and suggestive visions. Photographs and extensive backdrops enclose the viewer in scenic landscapes of multiple symbolical layers, with Jungian narratives about the shadowlands of the human psyche. These post-apocalyptic dreamscapes are posing questions about reality versus fantasy, and the forces of nature overcoming civilization – not too far from the elevated pursuit of the Romantics.
Lars Nilsson, born 1956, lives and works in Stockholm, but is active internationally. His artistic methods include painting, sculpture, video and spatial installations. Among his more extensive solo exhibitions, we find venues such as the X-Room at the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall in Stockholm. Exhibitions at PS1 Museum in New York, Moderna Museet in Stockholm and Palazzo delle Papessa in Sienna are also worth mentioning. Lars Nilsson is a fine arts professor and worked at the Malmö Art Academy during 1995 - 2006. On March 1st, Nilsson's first exhibition with Galleri Andersson/Sandström will be inaugurated in Umeå. It will mark the beginning of our artistic collaboration.
