Between august 12 and august 17th Valeria and I will be constructing the installation “El Dorado” outside of Kulturhuset by Sergelstorg in the city centre of Stockholm. This will be a part of the huge Stockholm culture festival that will be taking place that week. We will be there every day between 12 and 3. If you want to participate in the building then please come down cause its gonna be big. We want you to bring raw materials that we can work with. Can be anything from old clothing to pieces of furniture.
La Tierra Salvaje
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Valeria Montti Colque, Marcus Mårtenson and Dilomprizulike
December 13 - March 14 2009
At the end of 2008, artists Valeria Montti Colque, Marcus Mårtenson and Dilomprizulike will meet in Botkyrka konsthall. Valeria and Marcus are working in different ways with gathered material and objects that have been forgotten or thrown away. By reshaping these objects different figures and forms appear. They become sculptures, installations and parts of performances. In Valeria and Marcus’ art the thrown-away objects are charged with new meanings.
The Nigeran artist Dilomprizulike has been called “the Junkman of Africa”. He as well works with material found on the street, and mostly with old clothing and fabrics. 2006 he participated in the Moderna Museet exhibition Africa Remix with the art piece Waiting for Bus, an installation made of found articles where the composite figures look like they are trapped in the middle of their own culture and an imposed Western civilisation.
By bringing these artists together in a collaborative project in Botkyrka konsthall we want to discuss issues of abundance, recycling, the importance of symbols, mysticism and environment. How will the work and the exhibition be affected by Sweden and Nigeria’s different prerequisites? This is also an exhibition project that engages you as a visitor with the invitation to submit material; furniture, clothing or other objects that you were planning to throw. In our exhibition they can get new, undreamed-of meanings!
"Both commentary and prophecy leap from an assemblage of paintings on scrap wood by Swedish artist, Marcus Mårtenson"- Raw Vision Magazine
Hellow friende! I am an artist working out of Stockholm Sweden. I grew up and spent most of my time in the united states but managed to escape in a hot air balloon during the Ronald Reagan presidency. When I make my art I start by collecting wood panels and random stuff that I find when Im walking on the city streets. The wood panels are everywhere. I call them urban driftwood. People are always throwing stuff away. The whole consumer society is so crazy. People think they need all this stuff and then everything gets piled away in basements and attics anyway. I love old Russian and Ethiopian churches. They cover the walls with icons. Theres hardly an empty space, just all these wooden icons that are supposed to lead you into the mystery.
See more of my work at http://www.marcusmartenson.com
also check out my blog at http://www.marcusmartenson.com/blog
also check out the performance art group I work with: http://www.myspace.com/thetranzformers
Above is a new photobased installation made with Valeria Montti Colque at Södra Teaterns Kägelbana
Mary sculpture at the Allhelgona church in Stockholm that I made together with Valeria Montti Colque. Photo by Lars Rindeskog
The photo above is of an installation I made together with Valeria Montti Colque at the French Institute in Stockholm
The photo above is from my show together with Valeria Montti Colque at Riche on Birgerjarlsgatan 4 (also see my BLOG for more photos from this show!)
This is a walkthrough documentation of a new installation I made with Valeria Montti Colque and Dilomprizulike at Botkyrka konsthall. It runs until March 14th 2009. Go check it out!
tackar o bugar för vänskapen,hoppas låtarna föll i smaken,och om du gilla dom kan du gå in på vår offeciela myspace och höra hela låtarna www.myspace.com/timecodealpha ,adda mig som vän där så blir jag dessutom riktigt glad,peace and luv/Peter/TCA
I've been busy in my head and while in there came across the following idea for an artwork.
The artwork is a 'terracotta'-army with a sign asking everyone to
paint, draw, write, etc. on it. The 'terracotta'-army would be formed
by 36 c.44" plaster statues. The figure is stylistically pop-art
representation of a girl. These statues are laid onto a shallow dig of
rectangular shape measuring c.6mx11m.
The idea is that the mold used to manufacture the plaster statues would
be available free to order from the internet. We, anyone who is
interested in contributing to the project, then try to spread this
'terracotta'-army across the globe creating an artwork of a global
scale.
If this kind of an project appeals to you, please, get in touch and tell others about it.
Kom förbi på Tangopalatsi på onsdag! Den 6e maj alltså. På Kägelbanan, Södra teatern. Vi har säsongsavslutning med extra stor orkester och hemliga gäster. Finsk tango och ljummen vodka. Temat är vårbal. Kan bli hur kul som helst!
Hello dear, nice to hear from you! And congrats for the new shows. Spring is coming to Hel, slowly...so maybe we'll wake up and get activated by the sun rays. Love!
hej älskade bror! ja nu börjar det gå bra här! me blöjor o amma o allt shit...vilka dagar e du i ateljen? vi har vagn nu äntligen så vi kan komma förbi!! saknar dig! kraaaaaaaam! (annars kan vi ju ses istan?!)
hejdu, inte för att jag vet nåt om konst men jag vet vad jag gillar! är det du som har gjort den där med "famous extreme makeovers" på riktigt eller???
