Richard Johansson

With deep seriousness and wild humour, Richard Johansson grapples with the big questions of who we are and where we are really going. The mood is usually jovial and folksy, but there are also darker sides where the artist highlights uncomfortable contemporary contexts. The references and people gallery can be odd as well as all-purpose. No one goes safe and everything is of interest in the picture room environments.

In the exhibition at the Småland Art Archive in Vandalorum, Richard Johansson shows works from three decades of creation. Through the deposit of a large number of works from intuitions and private collectors, the audience is given the opportunity to follow the artistic process over time. Among older and new works, sculptures, paintings and installations are displayed in the exhibition hall, and Johansson's rolling museum trolley is displayed in the courtyard of Vandalorum Folk Art Museum.

Richard Johansson (b. 1966 in Vrigstad) now lives and works in Kivik. Educated 1989—1994 at Malmö Art School Forum (later Malmö Art Academy). He has previously exhibited at art institutions such as Wanås Konst, Västerås Konstmuseum, Växjö Konsthall and Kristianstad Konsthall. Johansson is represented by Galleri Magnus Karlsson and has also exhibited at Galleri PS, Galleri Rostrum and Galleri Thomas Wallner. Johansson's art is represented in several public collections such as Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Västerås Konstmuseum, Public Art Agency Sweden, Folkets hus och parker, Göteborgs kunst museum, Kristianstad municipality, Halmstad municipality, Växjö municipality. He has also made several public works in collaboration with Mette Björnberg.

The exhibition is carried out in collaboration with Galleri Magnus Karlsson.
Thanks to: Värnamo Municipality, Region Jönköping County and Region Kronoberg