Nordin Gallery Exhibition No 7/ Michael Johansson Strings Attached 22 May 19 June

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1 Exhibition No 7/ Michael Johansson Strings Attached 22 May 19 June

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3 4 5 About Nordin Gallery Artist Information English Information Svensk Information About Nordin Gallery Nordin Gallery opened in Stockholm in October The gallery is set up by owner/director Axel Nordin as a project room for young contemporary artists. Our intention is to represent emerging Scandinavian and international artists, establishing a programe dedicated to video, photography, performance and installation art. We welcome you to the gallery! For further information, please contact the gallery at +46(0) or info@nordingallery.com. Opening Hours Tuesday Saturday Om Nordin Gallery Exhibition No 7 b Trollhättan, Sweden Artist Website In his playful installations and sculptures puts the qualities from daily life objects in opposition to their field of application. By repetition, displacement of scale and new function he questions the receivers interpretation of the unique. In the exhibition Strings Attached at Nordin Gallery the work Some Assembly Required will be on display, a lifesize model kit of a bike. A real bike is turned back into a space of imagination and spins concepts such as size and belonging. Some Assembly Required is a common text on boxes for model kits, alerting the buyer that whats inside will differ from the image on the cover. But the title also refers to the necessity for the audience to participate in the work for it to reach its full potential. In Engine Bought Separately everyday objects from mid-20th century housewives are taken apart, sorted, and repacked in an equally outdated boydream esthetics. These two worlds are merged together and the objects are frozen in their new shape while the function is displayed, the functionality is taken away. Den 11 oktober 2007 öppnade Nordin Gallery på Tulegatan 19. Lokalen som tidigare tillhört konstruktivisten Nils Kölare har renoverats varsamt för att behålla något av ateljérummets särart. Nordin Gallery har valt att presentera ett program inriktat på skandinaviskt foto, video, performance och installation. Genom att hålla oss med ett tydligt fokus vill vi fylla ett upplevt tomrum för unga multidisciplinära konstnärer. Välkommen! För mer information, var god kontakta galleriet på +46(0) eller info@nordingallery.com. Öppettider Tisdag Lördag Kitchen Assembly is made of a kitchen table and two chairs that has been taken apart and assembled within a three dimensional framework which also plays the role as new table legs. Some of the tables original character and function still remains but the furnitures has taken one step in the wrong direction in the line of production. They are transformed into a model of themselves, and their original purpose has given way to something else. Johansson was born in Trollhättan 1975, took his MA at the Art Academy in Malmö 2005 where he still lives and works. The last years he has exhibited widely both within and outside of Sweden.

4 6 Artist 7 Some Assembly Required - Crescent

5 8 Artist 9 Some Assembly Required - Crescent

6 10 Artist 11 Engine Bought Separately - Krups / Hugin

7 12 Artist 13 Engine Bought Separately - Volta

8 14 Artist 15 Kitchen Assembly

9 16 Artist 17 TOYS R US - Dinghy

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11 20 Artist 21 Some Assembly Required - Scooter

12 22 Artist 23 Johansson Exhibition Inventory Strings Attached Title: Technique: Size: Year: Some Assembly Required - Crescent Sculpture 4x1,7 m 2007 Title: Technique: Size: Year: Engine Bought Separately - Volta Sculpture 1,7x1 m 2007 Title: Technique: Size: Year: Engine Bought Separately - Krups Sculpture, edition of 3 50x80 cm 2008 Title: Technique: Size: Year: Engine Bought Separately - Hugin Sculpture, edition of 3 50x70 cm 2008 Title: Technique: Size: Year: Kitchen Assembly Sculpture 90x70x60 cm 2008

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