Lars Arrhenius

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Lars Arrhenius (born December 8, 1966 in Stockholm ; † April 18, 2020 there ) was a Swedish artist who used graphics, animation and film.

life and work

Lars Arrhenius studied at the Kungliga Konsthögskolan in Stockholm and at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. Together with Johannes Müntzing , he has produced a number of short films and animations since 2001, which have been shown at film festivals and exhibitions.

Arrhenius first achieved international fame with the work The Man without one Way from 1999, which tells several versions of the story of a man who leaves his house in 171 images. His graphic works are characterized by a reduced, “clean”, cartoon-like style, which is reminiscent of pictograms in the design details . Surprising twists and turns and black humor can be found in much of his work.

He died on April 18, 2020 after an operation.

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • 2008: The real Thing - New Acquisitions , Malmö Konstmuseum.
  • 2007: The BiG Store , Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin .
  • 2006: Pictograms - the loneliness of signs , Kunstmuseum Stuttgart .
  • 2004: BLICK 04: New films and videos from the North and the Baltic States , Kunstverein München .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Lars Arrhenius at the Swedish Film Institute .
  2. ↑ Exhibited at Galerie Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, 1999. Catalog published by Artimo, 1999, ISBN 9075380186 .
  3. ↑ Jörg Heiser: Lars Arrhenius ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.frieze.com archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: "frieze", No. 52 from May 2000.
  4. ^ The BiG Store , Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, December 13-22, 2007.
  5. ^ Pictograms , Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, from November 4, 2006 to February 25, 2007. Catalog published by Deutsches Kunstverlag in 2006, ISBN 3422066748 .
  6. ↑ BLICK 04 ( Memento from September 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) , Kunstverein München, from December 5 to 19, 2004.
personal data
SURNAME Arrhenius, Lars
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 2020
Place of death Stockholm