Johan Scott
12 Jan - 05 Feb 2012
JOHAN SCOTT
12 January - 5 February, 2012
Johan Scott (born 1953 in Mariehamn), Finland's gift to Swedish painting, has created an exhibition for Galerie Anhava that is so versatile and impressive that it is difficult to estimate which specific painting or series of works is the most important in the show.
Could it be Nordische Dämmerung consisting of 167 monochrome paintings? Or the capriciously meandering large red and white Untitled? Or Tityos inspired by a painting by Titian? Or could it be the series of five paintings that Scott executed on canvases that he had received as a gift?
This exhibition is a tour de force by an extremely skilled and wise painter in command of a wide range of means.
The Finnish-born Johan Scott has a pursued a significant career in Sweden. He was professor of painting at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm from 1998 to 2008 and he is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Johan Scott has received significant prizes and awards, including the Ars Fennica Award in 1992, the Edstrand Foundation Art Prize in 1995 and the Carnegie Art Award of 2001.
12 January - 5 February, 2012
Johan Scott (born 1953 in Mariehamn), Finland's gift to Swedish painting, has created an exhibition for Galerie Anhava that is so versatile and impressive that it is difficult to estimate which specific painting or series of works is the most important in the show.
Could it be Nordische Dämmerung consisting of 167 monochrome paintings? Or the capriciously meandering large red and white Untitled? Or Tityos inspired by a painting by Titian? Or could it be the series of five paintings that Scott executed on canvases that he had received as a gift?
This exhibition is a tour de force by an extremely skilled and wise painter in command of a wide range of means.
The Finnish-born Johan Scott has a pursued a significant career in Sweden. He was professor of painting at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm from 1998 to 2008 and he is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts. Johan Scott has received significant prizes and awards, including the Ars Fennica Award in 1992, the Edstrand Foundation Art Prize in 1995 and the Carnegie Art Award of 2001.