Alexander Creutz

My artistic practice is rooted in an exploration of art history. I believe this is a consequence of the fact that almost everything I do revolves around art and art history, which has led my artistic work to also become about art itself. In one of my recent projects, I recreated my own versions of paintings that have been stolen from museums around the world, attempting in this way to return missing works to the public. I also see it as a humorous way of inserting myself into art history.

Throughout my artistic career, I have been interested in hands, partly in how hands have been painted and sculpted throughout history, but also in hands as an intriguing kind of portrait. We can easily read a facial expression; we immediately see if someone is happy or sad, while it is much harder to read an emotional state from a pair of hands. Yet to me, they are just as much a portrait of a person as a face is.

I primarily see myself as a painter, but not all ideas work in two dimensions, and then one must dare to use the material the artwork requires, whether that is film or sculpture.

This artwork is part of OPENART LINKS and is located in Kumla.