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Linus Ersson is a contemporary artist, craftist and curator born in 1970 and based in Stockholm. This is his web page where he publish documentation about his art, curatorial projects , writings and upcoming events.
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The artist in his exhibition
In February 2025, my solo exhibition Fortsätt titta (Keep looking) was shown at Sintra in Gothenburg. See the exhibition documentation here.
“Reality within reality, sur-réalité, has never been so far away and so close as it is now. Even in our dreams we believe in our own truths, and when we wake up we do not know whether we are awake.”, LE
In October 2025 during Stockholm Craft week I curated an exhibition with the title POLITICS! Here you can see pictures of and read more about the exhibition.
I miss clear political engagement in art despite, or perhaps because of, today's climate where the freedom of expression is threatened in many ways. Several of the participants in my exhibition have personal experience of being censored or even excluded from interest organizations due to political engagement. The institutions are afraid, and therefore we may need to create new artist-driven platforms in order to be political.
In his curatorial practice Linus Ersson wants to create and a meeting place for dialogues between art forms, materials, and politics through exhibitions, performances, and workshops. A platform which aims to be an inclusive and accessible space that challenges pretensions and norms. Read more