The approach of Michael Johansson (1975) involves collecting, organizing, stacking, and puzzling. He gathers everyday objects and gives them a new form and context in his sculptures and installations. Scouring flea markets and thrift stores, he collects old televisions, transistor radios, VCRs, and other equipment and items. He then arranges them by color and brings them all together into one new object. His artworks are often described as ‘real life Tetris’. He constructs these sculptures not only for museum exhibitions all over the world, but also in public spaces, such as alleys and doorways.
Johansson is inspired by the coincidences in daily life, such as the same colors and patterns in objects, two people passing each other dressed in the same clothes, or a parking garage full of red cars. During his visits to flea markets, he is fascinated by the possibility of encountering double or almost identical objects. The same principle is at the core of his artistic practice: the desire to combine something recognizable and then create something unique from it.
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