Patrik Karlstroem - The Journey To Success Australian Council for the Arts objects and photographs

objects and photographs

Thanks to the AA (London)

in which images of nudes and animals are interspersed with close-ups of the countless cigars he has smoked in his studio over the years

like the images themselves

with stories of migration and forced labour

Patrik Karlstroem - The Journey To Success Australian Council for the Arts objects and photographsFor more than two decades, Swedish conceptual artist Patrik Karlstrm has surveyed the generic world of corporate imagery. Published in conjunction with Swiss Alps, his solo exhibition at Stockholms Bjrkholmen Gallery in January 2015, this monograph presents his collected works across a range of media: painting, photography, sculpture and installation. Karlstrms goal is to subvert that which is taken for granted. In his artworks, things are rarely as