Per Wizén, Blue Suspense, 2019, analogue collage transferred to photography, museum glass, grey wooden frame, ø 120 cm, edition of 5
Per Wizén, Trespasser I, 2019, analogue collage transferred to silkscreen, museum glass, grey wooden frame, 175 × 135 cm, edition of 5
Per Wizén, Trespasser II, 2019, analogue collage transferred to silkscreen, museum glass, grey wooden frame, 110 × 135 cm, edition of 5
Per Wizén, Reenactor, 2019, analogue collage transferred to silkscreen, museum glass, grey wooden frame, 110 × 135 cm, edition of 5
Per Wizén, Horse Around V, 2016, analogue collage, photogravure, museum glass, grey frame, 73,5 x 113 cm, edition of 5
Per Wizén, Horse Around I, 2016, analogue collage, photogravure, Museum glass, grey frame, 59 x 46,5 cm, edition of 5
Per Wizén, Horse Around II, 2016, analogue collage, photogravure, Museum glass, grey frame, 59 x 46,5 cm, edition of 5
Per Wizén, Horse Around III, 2016, analogue collage, photogravure, museum glass, grey frame, 68 x 105,5 cm, edition of 5
Per Wizén, Horse Around IV, 2016, analogue collage, photogravure, museum glass, grey frame, 56,5 x 85 cm, edition of 5
Per Wizén, Smoke and Mirrors I, 2016, analogue collage, photogravure, museum glass, grey frame, 58 x 84 cm, edition of 5
Per Wizén, Smoke and Mirrors II, 2016, analogue collage, photogravure, museum glass, grey frame, 58 x 84 cm, edition of 5
Per Wizén, Coil, 2008, cibachrome, 131 x 304 cm, edition of 3
Per Wizén, Spiralling #1, 2008, cibachrome, 41 x 55 cm, edition of 5 (diptych)
Per Wizén, Spiralling #2, 2008, cibachrome, 41 x 55 cm, edition of 5 (diptych)
Per Wizén, Horsemen & Knights, 2005, cibachrome, 100 x 214 cm, edition of 5
Per Wizén
Per Wizén builds his intriguing collages using fragments of reproductions of historical artworks; for many years he was preoccupied with the Renaissance and Baroque eras. In this meticulous process, the content of the work shifts in relation to the source, pinpointing hidden meanings and underlying tensions. In his ongoing series of works, Subterranean, Per Wizén’s starting point is Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Using the reproductions of John Tenniel’s original drawings for the books from 1865 and 1871, Wizén opens up an entirely new interpretation of the relationship between Alice and the White Knight and emphasizes the uncanny qualities in Carroll’s texts.
Per Wizén (b. 1966) holds an MFA from Malmö Art Academy. Solo shows include Diversity United – Contemporary European Art in 2021, Cecilia Hillström Gallery in 2019, Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art in Lund in 2014, and Malmö Art Museum in 2008. His work has also been featured at Amos Rex, Helsinki, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, National Museum of Art, Stockholm, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Borås Art Museum, Eskilstuna Art Museum, Turku Art Museum, Åbo, and at Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris, to name a few. Through the years, Wizén’s work has been presented at major venues such as Art Basel and The Armory Show.
Press
2022
”Tilpo och Wizén på Moderna i Malmö”, Johanna Theander / konsten.net Read more…
2019
”Wizén skrapar fram det som finns mellan raderna, eller under ytan…Det är storartat.”, Mårten Arndtzén / SR P1 Kultur Read more…
2017
”Konstens frågeformulär # 47: Per Wizén” / Konsten.net Read more…
2016
”Gallerirunda: DN besöker fem konstutställningar i Stockholm”, John Falkirk / DN Read more…
”Underlandet lockar oss – och glider undan”, Håkan Nilsson / SvD Read more…
”Konceptets hegemoni”, Leif Mattsson/ Omkonst Read more…
”…spel av makt och motmakt…”, Sebastian Johans / Konsten.net Read more…
Exhibitions
