Christian Abrahamsson

“I work with sculptural installations and art prints, often in combination. In my art I look for a perfection in the imperfect, touching upon themes of power, hierarchies and structural injustice.”

The artworks created by Christian Abrahamsson are seemingly simple and at the same time brutal: black and white art prins, heavy sculptures; objects that become new statements. But if we look more closely, there is also a sense of humour, a poetic quality that includes both sadness and care for the themes that Abrahamsson deals with. Care is also taken in the choice of materials and techniques. His metal sculptures and large linocuts do not strive for perfection. Instead, they are the result of meticulous consideration and great craftsmanship.

Thematically, Abrahamsson addresses ‘the emotional life of society’. More specifically, he is interested in what happens in the encounters that inevitably take place in everyone’s everyday lives, and that are part of the society we inescapably share. What characterises cohesion? What creates ‘community’, and what is becoming lost in an increasingly individualised and digitalised culture? What happens to us as individuals and groups when consumption and convenience surpass interpersonal encounters?

Stories and texts frame Abrahamsson’s art. In the exhibition space, his art thereby appears to move far beyond the walls; the works seem to grow out of themselves, beyond the exhibition and further out into the society that both surrounds it and is its starting point.