Max Magnus Norman

Cal Henrik Max Magnus Norman (born July 30, 1973) is a Swedish artist, painter, and sculptor.

Norman was born in Sundsvall, Medelpad, he currently lives and works in Ekerö, Stockholm.[1][2] He paints visions and dreamlike images[3] as accurately as possible, which results in paintings with a photorealistic quality. His works are intended to spread virally among social networks on the Internet; his art and stunts often deal with everyday events spiced up with a touch of the absurd.

A few examples of such works created for the Internet are the illustrated essay "The LED (minor) Artcrime Tutorial" and the Moose graffiti stunt, where the artist sneaks up on a wild moose and paints graffiti on it. His sculpture and plastic arts projects have received some exposure in Sweden, such as his art project that consisted of a woodpecker placed on a traffic camera on the E4 near Stockvik.[4] In another of Max Magnus Norman's art projects the artist created an unknown (but huge) number of plastic monkeys, about 1 metres in length. One night in early May 2009 he put up these monkeys in different settings all over the small city Sundsvall. One monkey was riding a crocodile in the middle of the central stream Selångersån and one was placed upon a traffic light making it look like the monkey controlled the traffic, some monkeys were even placed under water. A few of these monkeys still remain, amongst other one flying 20 metres up in the air, holding a beer can above the intersection Köpmangatan-Thulegatan.]].[5][6]

In 2008, a statue of his, "Kuken ska ha sitt,"[7] which includes a 30 cm. long penis, caused some local outcry which was noticed by the Swedish press: the "obscene sculpture" drew notice and commentary from the two largest Swedish papers, Aftonbladet[8] and Expressen.[9] As it happened, Norman's sculpture coincided with a few other "phallic" Swedish works of art that year, including a full-frontal nude Jesus;[10] the fact that Norman's sculpture was provided with a warning for the young[11] enhanced its reputation, as well as that of the artist.[12][13][14]

Norman is selected to represent Sweden in the sculpting of the M2M, the Monument to Mankind project, and is the creator of a computer game, Abashera.[15]

References

  1. ^ Holmlund, Susanne (2006-11-03). "Sundsvallskonstnärer gör affischer" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. http://www.st.nu/nyheter/lokalt.php?action=visa_artikel&id=596555. Retrieved 2009-01-30. 
  2. ^ Fredriksson, Johanna (2007-08-04). "Kulturfakta om Sundsvall" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. http://www.st.nu/noje/index.php?action=visa_artikel&id=660897. Retrieved 2009-01-30. 
  3. ^ Holmlund, Susanne (2008-07-01). "Modernt och historiskt möts i Röklandsgården" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. http://www.st.nu/noje/kultur.php?action=visa_artikel&id=742250. Retrieved 2009-01-31. 
  4. ^ Östberg, Anita (2007-09-25). "Hacke hackspett - i stället för rondellhund" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. http://www.st.nu/nyheter/lokalt.php?action=visa_artikel&id=672748. Retrieved 2009-01-30. 
  5. ^ Hallberg, Lasse (2009-05-08). "Sundsvall apar sig" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. http://st.nu/kultur/1.1025190. Retrieved 2009-08-06. 
  6. ^ "Street Art Monkeys". Max Magnus Norman. 2008-04-12. http://maxmagnusnorman.com/artist_blog/art_day_376.shtml. Retrieved 2009-08-06. 
  7. ^ "Kuken ska ha sitt". Max Magnus Norman. 2008-04-12. http://maxmagnusnorman.com/artist_blog/art_day_333.shtml. Retrieved 2009-01-30. 
  8. ^ "Varnar barn för obscen skulptur" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2008-07-09. http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/vss/telegram/0,1082,70849911_852__,00.html. Retrieved 2009-01-31. 
  9. ^ Lundström, Louise. "Barn varnas för skulpturen 'Kuken'" (in Swedish). Expressen. http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/1.1225650/barn-varnas-for-skulpturen-kuken. Retrieved 2009-01-30. 
  10. ^ Persson, Henrik. "Fallosen får länet på fall" (in Swedish). Allehanda. http://allehanda.se/mer/kultur/1.187839. Retrieved 2009-01-30. 
  11. ^ Kjellberg, Niklas (2008-07-10). "Hans utställning har väckt starka reaktioner" (in Swedish). Dagbladet i Sundsvall. http://dagbladet.se/kulturnoje/1.58785. Retrieved 2009-01-31. 
  12. ^ Nilsson, Fredrik (2008-07-09). "Kuken fick sitt på Norra berget" (in Swedish). Sundsvalls Tidning. Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20080802164518/http://www.st.nu/noje/kultur.php?action=visa_artikel&id=744336. Retrieved 2009-01-31. 
  13. ^ Brånfelt, Björn (2008-08-22). "Brånis presenterar: Innelistan i Medelpad - sommar-special" (in Swedish). Dagbladet i Sundsvall. http://dagbladet.se/kulturnoje/1.105128. Retrieved 2009-01-31. 
  14. ^ Kjellberg, Niklas (2008-07-30). "Hallå där" (in Swedish). Dagbladet i Sundsvall. http://dagbladet.se/kulturnoje/1.78878. Retrieved 2009-01-31. 
  15. ^ Free 3D game: Abashera 2

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