Öyvind Fahlström | |
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 Öyvind Fahlström | |
| Born | (1928-12-28)December 28, 1928 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Died | November 9, 1976(1976-11-09) (aged 47) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Movement | Fluxus |
Öyvind Axel Christian Fahlström (December 28, 1928 – November 9, 1976) was a Brazilian-born Swedishmultimedia artist.
Fahlström was born inSão Paulo, Brazil, as the only child to Frithjof Fahlström and Karin Fahlström. In July 1939 he was sent toStockholm to visit some distant relatives and after World War II he started to study and later on to work as a writer, critic and journalist. From 1960 until 1976 he was married to the Swedish pop artistBarbro Östlihn.
In 1953, Fahlström had his first solo exhibition, showing the drawing Opera, a room-sized felt-pen drawing. In 1953, he wroteHätila ragulpr på fåtskliaben, amanifesto forconcrete poetry, published in Swedish the following year and in English translation (byMary Ellen Solt, in her anthology "Concrete Poetry. A world view") in 1968.
In 1956, Fahlström moved to Paris and lived there for three years before he moved to Front Street studio, New York City. In New York, he worked with different artists and explored his role as an artist further. In 1962 he participated in theNew Realists exhibition at theSidney Janis Gallery, in New York City. His work was included in the 1964Venice Biennale and he had a solo exhibition at Cordier & Ekstrom Inc., New York. In 1965 he joined theSidney Janis Gallery.
In 1966 his workPerformance of Kisses Sweeter Than Wine was included in9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering, organized byExperiments in Art and Technology at the 26th Street Armory, New York.[1] The same year his painting in oil on photo paper was included in a group exhibition calledErotic Art at theSidney Janis Gallery. Fahlström had solo exhibitions at the Sidney Janis Gallery in New York City in 1967, 1969, 1973 and 1976. In 1973 he wrote a play calledThe Black Room, based on theWatergate scandal, and he had a retrospective atMoore College of Art Gallery, inPhiladelphia, Pa. During the late 1960s he was among the contributors of a satirical magazine,Puss, in Stockholm.[2]
Fahlström's work is in the collection of theMuseum of Modern Art[3]
Although some critics such as Frances Richard dismissed him as a "throwback to Surrealism or Agitprop at worst"[4] other critics, such asMary Flanagan have seen his use of games as constituting examples of critical play.[5]
He became a productive and well-known artist who worked in many genres, often dealing with political and social issues. On Swedish television, he made a name for himself after he smoked a pipe that he claimed containedhashish during a national broadcast.
In 1976 he died of cancer at the age of 48 inStockholm.
Kelley, Mike (2003)."Myth Science". In John C. Welchman (ed.).Foul Perfection : essays and criticism. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. pp. 158-177.ISBN 978-0-262-11270-3.
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