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Jockum NordströmDrunkare (Drunkard)2022watercolour and collage on paper101 x 77 cm
Jockum NordströmApotek (Pharmacy)2022watercolour and collage on paper77 x 150 cm
Jockum NordströmEk (Oak)2022watercolour and collage on paper109 x 76,5 cm
Jockum NordströmÅskan gick (The Thunder Passed)2022pencil on paper32 x 48 cm
Jockum NordströmAnläggning (Facility)2022watercolour and collage on paper77 x 100 cm
Jockum NordströmÖnskebrunn (Wishing Well)2021coins, cardboard, wire, metal hanger, collage76 x 70 x 45 cm
Jockum NordströmUpplösning (Dissolution)2022pencil on paper32 x 48 cm
Jockum NordströmFodret i min jacka (The Lining of My Jacket)2022watercolour on paper150,5 x 77 cm
Jockum NordströmNere i änget (Down in the Meadow)2022watercolour and collage on paper47 x 121 cm
Jockum NordströmStora salen (The Main Hall)2021matchboxes, coins, cardboard, wire, collage75 x 47 x 25,5 cm
Jockum NordströmFördelningen av arvet (The distribution of inheritance)2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper100 x 195 cm
Jockum NordströmKvällen kommer (Evening comes)2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper138 x 67 cm
Jockum NordströmSjukhusparken (Hospital park)2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper72 x 104 cm
Jockum NordströmÅt helvete med allt (To hell with everything)2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper64 x 92 cm
Jockum NordströmCat Dog Cat2016collage, watercolour and graphite on paper40 x 50 cm
Jockum NordströmVi Finns Inte (We Are Not)2012collage, watercolour and graphite on paper144 x 109,5 cm
Jockum NordströmDen öppna boken (The open book)2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper54 x 90 cm
Jockum NordströmBoîte2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper40 x 48 cm
Jockum NordströmLoppan (The Flea)2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper70 x 69 cm
Jockum NordströmRymden tystar ljudet2017collage, watercolour and graphite on wood and paper75 x 54 cm
Jockum NordströmRyttare (Riders)2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper72 x 104 cm
Jockum NordströmTamburen (the hallway)2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper145 x 70 cm
Jockum NordströmSkördevaktarn (Harvest watcher)2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper69 x 161 cm
Jockum NordströmJ'écoute2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper72 x 68 cm
Jockum NordströmBordet och sängen (the table and the bed)2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper88 x 55 cm
Jockum NordströmSista dansen (The last dance)2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper80 x 104 cm
Jockum NordströmFörfattarna (The writers)2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper106 x 76 cm
Jockum NordströmValentine's Day II2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper61 x 81 cm
Jockum NordströmValentine's Day2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper161 x 101 cm
Jockum NordströmDistress2016collage, watercolour and graphite on paper65 x 45 cm
Jockum NordströmLies about the Truth2016collage, watercolour and graphite on paper50 x 40 cm
Jockum NordströmConsultation2016collage, watercolour and graphite on paper52 x 65 cm
Jockum NordströmDen förlorade sonen2012collage, watercolour and graphite on paper67 x 99 cm
Jockum NordströmPå 100 år2012collage, watercolour and grahpite on paper97 x 152 cm
Jockum NordströmVägvisaren2012collage, watercolour and graphite on paper135 x 100 cm
Jockum NordströmHär finns allt jag lärt mig och glömt bort2012graphite on paper45 x 60 cm
Jockum NordströmUtmarken2012gaphite on paper60 x 45 cm
Jockum NordströmJag var en dålig hund2012collage, watercolour and graphite on paper142 x 112 cm
Jockum NordströmDjuren är vårt hopp2012collage, watercolour and graphite on paper110 x 79 cm
Jockum NordströmVe dig2012collage, watercolour and graphite on paper108 x 254 cm
Jockum NordströmWindfall2008watercolour and collage on paper56 x 76 cm
Jockum NordströmEvery Neighbour Is a Customer2008watercolour and collage on paper70 x 99,5 cm
Jockum NordströmChest of Drawers2008watercolour and collage on paper50 x 140 cm
Jockum NordströmIdiots2008graphite on paper56 x 76 cm
Jockum NordströmHorse Hotel2008graphite on paper45 x 64 cm
Jockum NordströmHär (Here)2022watercolour and collage on paper96,5 x 127 cm
Jockum NordströmThe Large Livingroom2008paper, cardboard and graphite102,5 x 67 x 9,5 cm
Jockum NordströmFucked Up2008paper, cardboard and graphite39 x 52 x 21,5 cm
Jockum NordströmTreatments and Cures2008watercolour and collage on paper50 x 70 cm
Jockum NordströmIn the Pasture2008watercolour and collage on paper56 x 76 cm
Jockum NordströmThaw-Out2008graphite on paper45 x 60 cm
Jockum NordströmHow Come?2008graphite on paper45 x 60 cm
Jockum NordströmAlcoholism2008graphite on paper45 x 64 cm
INGET PAPPER, INGA MYNT
Published by Taberg Media Group, Stockholm, 2023
NO PAPER, NO COINS
Liljevachs+ Konsthal, Stockholm, Sweden January 26 - May 14, 2023
TRIUMFBÅGE FÖR HALTA
Next to the Husarviksbron bridge, Norra Djurgårdsstaden, Sweden.
The artwork, commissioned by the city of Stockholm, consists of a wobbly construction of concrete matchboxes: a tribute to everyday life, its heroes and the beauty in the humdrum.
POUR NE PAS DORMIR
La Criée centre for contemporary art, Rennes, France May 19 - August 29, 2021
WITHOUT LANTERN
Skissernas Museum, Lund, Sweden June 9, 2020 - October 18, 2020
JOCKUM NORDSTRÖM AND BRUNO KNUTMAN: VEM GICK I TRAPPAN? / WHO CAME IN THE STAIRS?
Tegnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway August 16, 2020 - September 27, 2020
WHY IS EVERYTHING A RAG?
CAC New Orleans, New Orleans, United States of America March 22 - June 17, 2018
Jockum Nordström, b. 1963 in Stockholm (SE), lives and works in Stockholm (SE).
Jockum Nordström tries to escape the daily speed of communication and technological innovations through his work. He concentrates on a slow and precise process of drawing, painting, cutting, composing and pasting. Inspired by music, folk stories and outsider art, he creates other worlds where imagination and creativity have no limits. Nordström composes fragile collages and graphite drawings in which he evokes a surprising universe populated with old-school sailors, jazz musicians, delicately chronicled flora and fauna, ships and noblemen from past epochs. Through his consistent use of the techniques of drawing and collage, the elegant and carefully composed fragments form a mysterious world, flirting even with the sinister. Looking at Nordström’s work, these excerpts, and particularly their specific mode of representation, trigger our imagination and stories start to develop like fine meandering lines. Although everyday observations play a role in the formation of the works, it is difficult to tell which elements are based on reality and which are an expression of Nordström's fantasies or desires. The same moving fragility appears in his sculptures, small-scale models of an obsolete modernist dream showing the empty space behind the façade and the breakable, cardboard skeleton. The stories can take the shape of fairy tales, but mostly they take on more complex forms that question modern-day alienation.
Jockum Nordström has had solo exhibitions at Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans), La Criée (Rennes), LaM (Lille), Camden Arts Centre (London), Institut Suédois (Paris), Skissernas Museum (Lund), Douglas Hyde Gallery (Dublin), Moderna Museet (Stockholm), Uddevalla Konsthall and Liljevachs Konsthal (Stockholm).
His work has featured in group shows at Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus), Tate Modern (London), MoMA (New York), IMMA (Dublin), SFMOMA (San Francisco), S.M.A.K. (Ghent), National Gallery of Iceland (Reykjavik) and Hammer Museum (Los Angeles).
Jockum Nordström joined the gallery in 2009.
Wishing Well is Jockum Nordström’s fourth solo exhibition at Zeno X Gallery. The show consists of recent collages, drawings and sculptures.
The new pencil drawings and watercolour collages build on the motifs and imagination that mark Nordström’s oeuvre: characters, fauna and flora in extraordinary scenery and unusual situations. Each work consists of different elements which have been sourced from reality or have sprung from Nordström’s fantasies and desires. His observations of the vast Scandinavian landscape are the inspiration for his more abstract collages.
The narrative is an important aspect in the artist’s practice. The stories are often inspired by everyday observations, with a focus on human relationships and the setting in which they take place. Today, the artist mainly works in Gotland – a remote place in Sweden – making natural elements increasingly prominent in his work, as in Ek (Oak) and Suset i skogen (Wind in the forest). In Barndom (Childhood), Nordström refers to the modernist blocks in the suburbs of Stockholm where he grew up.
Nordström’s work method has remained constant: he cuts, paints or draws elements from different worlds and eras before bringing them together in his own story. For instance, the three figures in Drunkare (Drunkard) are based on characters from different periods, myths or folklores. The elegant and meticulously composed fragments form a mysterious world that flirts with the sinister.
Central to this exhibition are the new mobile sculptures. The sculptures produce their own sound but are also accompanied by musical fragments. All materials have been recycled from his studio. The work Wishing Well, which lends its name to the title of the exhibition, refers to the coins he found in his studio and used to balance the sculptures.
Jockum Nordström is currently working on a solo exhibition that will open at Liljevalchs konsthall (Stockholm) in the spring of 2023. Recently, he had institutional exhibitions at La Criée centre d’art contemporain (Rennes) in 2021 and at the Skissernas Museum (Lund) in 2020.
Work by the artist has entered the permanent collections of Centre Pompidou (Paris), MoMA (New York), S.M.A.K. (Ghent), Cleveland Museum of Art (Ohio), Göteborgs Konstmuseum (Gothenburg), Hammer Museum (Los Angeles), Magasin III (Stockholm), Moderna Museet (Stockholm) and others.
Zeno X Gallery is proud to present the third solo exhibition of Jockum Nordström. The title, Rymden tystar ljudet, can be freely translated as ‘the spaces quieten the sound’.
Jockum Nordström (b. 1963, Stockholm) tries through his work to escape the daily pace of communication and technological innovations. He concentrates on a slow and meticulous process of drawing, painting, cutting, composing and gluing. Inspired by music, folk tales and outsider art, he creates other worlds in which the imagination and creativity have no limits. The collages seem to conjure up bygone times but also to evoke a new and particular world. Although everyday observations play a clear role in the emergence of the works, it is often difficult to find out which elements are based on reality and which are an expression of Nordström’s fantasies or desires. Through the flat accumulation of the collages, each work could be a fragment from a puppet show.
Specific to this exhibition are the abstract collages that Nordström is displaying for the first time. These works are strongly reminiscent of Nordström’s cardboard sculptures; they are often made of pieces of matchboxes and function as architectural models. The sculptures also refer to the dreary modernist blocks in the suburbs of Stockholm, where Nordström grew up. The collages could be floor plans of interiors, but they could just as well refer to envelopes and folded letters. Moreover he was inspired by a black and white book on African tapestries and textile patterns.
Jockum Nordström will hold a solo show in 2018 at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. He has had solo exhibitions at LaM, Musée d’Art Contemporain et d’Art Brut in Lille, at the Camden Arts Centre in London, the Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin and Moderna Museet in Stockholm. His works have also featured in group exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, MoMA in New York, the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, SFMOMA in San Francisco, S.M.A.K. in Ghent, the Albertina in Vienna, and many more.
Photo: Mattias LindbäckCourtesy the artist and Liljevalchs Konsthall, StockholmInstallation view
Jockum NordströmHundarna sover (Dogs Are Sleeping)2022watercolour on paper76 x 122,5 cm
Jockum NordströmSkolan genom fönstret (School through the Window)2021cardboard, wood, metal hanger, wire, eraser, crayon, collage66 x 45 x 38 cm
Jockum NordströmCastor och Pollux (Castor and Pollux)2022pencil on paper64 x 48 cm
Jockum NordströmOverstelöjtnant (Lieutenant Colonel)2022pencil on paper64 x 48 cm
Jockum NordströmNattljus (Night Light)2022watercolour on paper99 x 69 cm
Jockum NordströmÄngen (The Meadow)2022watercolour and collage on paper145 x 76 cm
Jockum NordströmAtt komma ihåg (se souvenir)2021wood, metal hanger, cardboard, wire, matchbox, collage168 x 79 x 18,5 cm
Jockum NordströmThousand Belongs to the Night2022watercolour on paper66 x 44 cm
Jockum NordströmStilleben, ljuset släckt (Still Life, Light off)2022watercolour on paper57 x 76 cm
Jockum NordströmHistorien från skogen (The Story from the Forest)2022watercolour on paper150,5 x 76 cm
Jockum NordströmSuset i skogen (Wind in the Forest)2022watercolour and collage on paper77 x 100 cm
Jockum NordströmTjänstemän och affärer (Officials and Deals)2022pencil on paper29 x 42 cm
Jockum NordströmAtt sova (to Sleep)2022wood, metal hanger, coins, wire, pencil, string instrument127 x 41 x 97 cm
Jockum NordströmEn försvunnen egendom (A Lost Property)2022pencil on paper44 x 51 cm
Jockum NordströmSkafferi (Pantry)2022pencil on paper48 x 64 cm
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X Gallery, AntwerpInstallation view
Martin MargielaBodypart b&w2018 - 2020oil pastel on projection screen123 x 222 x 8 cm
N. DashUntitled2022earth, acrylic, canvas, fabric, silkscreen ink, jute151,13 x 78,74 cm59,5 x 31 in
Pietro RoccasalvaStudy for Giocondità2022oil on canvas48 x 64 cm
Kim JonesUntitled2001 - 2007acrylic and ink on photograph45,7 x 30,5 cm
Jenny ScobelAmanda (II)2011pencil, watercolour and wax on gessoed wood81,3 x 61 cm
Pélagie GbaguidiCare2020dry pastel and wool on paper21 x 29 cm
Pélagie GbaguidiCare2020dry pastel on paper29 x 21 cm
Mircea SuciuStudy for "Empathy for Destruction"2022oil, acrylic, liquin, charcoal and varnish on linen70 x 50 cm
Marina RheingantzSexy X2022oil on canvas130 x 110 cm
Hyun-Sook Song9 Brushstrokes2017tempera on canvas130 x 70 cm
Jan De MaesschalckImpersonation (based on a photo by Johan Jacobs)2022oil on canvas65,2 x 55,2 cm
Yun-Fei JiThe Dead Are also Moving2007mineral pigments and ink on rice paper89,5 x 97 cm
Grace SchwindtGuard2022ceramic and bronze (edition of 3 + 1 AP)53 x 9 x 9 cm
Kees GoudzwaardOn Display2022oil on canvas70 x 60 cm
Susan HartnettOct. 11 2011 #2, Blue-joint grass (Calamagrostis canadensis)2011charcoal on paper56,5 x 76 cm
Jack WhittenSilver Centerfold2015acrylic on panel3 x (30,5 x 30,5 cm)
Philip Metten2203222022oil and thread on canvas23,1 x 23,2 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2016oil on bronze (edition of 3 + 1 AP)56 x 2 x 4 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2018oil on bronze (edition of 3)16,6 x 10,5 x 4,8 cm
Paulo MonteiroUntitled2016bronze (edition of 2 + 1 AP)18,5 x 62 x 22,5 cm
Naoto KawaharaNaked Girl2022oil on canvas72,8 x 53,4 cm
Bart StolleUntitled (Heat upon Heat)2022acrylic on canvas40 x 40 cm
Photo: Benoît MaurasCourtesy the artist, David Zwirner, Zeno X and Magnus KarlssonInstallation view
Photo: Emma Krantz / Skissernas MuseumCourtesy the artist, David Zwirner, Zeno X and Magnus KarlssonInstallation view
Photo: Alex MarksCourtesy the artist, David Zwirner, Zeno X and Magnus KarlssonInstallation view
Jockum NordströmRug2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper121 x 66 cm
Jockum NordströmSkogen (the forest)2017collage, watercolour and graphite on paper69 x 76 cm
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X Gallery - Antwerp
Susan HartnettOct. 8 2011 #3, Blue-joint grass (Calamagrostis canadensis)2011charcoal on paper56,5 x 76 cm
Susan HartnettNov. 25 2011 #2, Blue lyme grass (Leymus arenarius)2011charcoal on paper56,5 x 76 cm
Susan HartnettOct. 18 2011 #2, Blue-joint grass (calamagrostis canadensis)2011charcoal on paper56,5 x 76 cm
Jack WhittenLoop #24 (Spiral)2012acrylic on canvas20,3 x 20,3 cm
Jack WhittenFeedback Loop I (for Cy Twombly)2012acrylic on canvas160 x 261 cm
Susan HartnettJan. 18 '03, Mar. 21 '07, River receives sleety snow2007pastel, oil pastel, charcoal, graphite, cryaon, crushed shell on pape
Jack WhittenLoop #23 (Spiral)2012acrylic on canvas20,3 x 20,3 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - P023 a - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support90 x 60 cm
Dirk Braeckman1/1 - P021 a - 2015 - 1/12015gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support90 x 60 cm
Dirk BraeckmanC.I.-O.M. - 15 - 20152015gelatin silver print reversibly mounted on aluminium support (1 of 3)180 x 120 cm
Jockum NordströmParklife2016collage, watercolour and graphite on paper65 x 45 cm
Jockum NordströmStjärntydare / Astrologist2016collage, watercolour and graphite on paper45 x 31 cm
Photo: Peter CoxCourtesy Zeno X Gallery - AntwerpInstallation view
Susan HartnettDec. 12 2011 #1, Blye lyme grass (Leymus arenarius)2011charcoal on paper56,5 x 76 cm
John KörmelingNew Friend, Maasplein Utrecht1995pencil on paper29,7 x 21,0 cm
John KörmelingAutovrije Stad2002pencil on paper29,7 x 21,0 cm
John KörmelingWatertaxi, Hotel New York Rotterdam1999pencil on paper21,0 x 29,7 cm
John KörmelingDrive-In Wheel, Mobile Fun1999pencil on pape
John KörmelingBetter City, Better Life, Happy Street - Het Interieur is Buiten2006pencil on paper30,0 x 42,5 cm
John KörmelingMotel Vianen2012pencil on paper21,0 x 29,7 cm
Pietro RoccasalvaStudy for Il Traviatore2013charcoal on paper12,3 x 16,5 cm
Pietro RoccasalvaStudy from Just Married Machine2014charcoal and pastel on paper26,5 x 65 cm
Pietro RoccasalvaStudy for Il Traviatore2014charcoal on paper54,8 x 27,2 cm
John KörmelingSociale Weg (Socialized Road)2001pencil on paper29,7 x 21 cm
John KörmelingHet Nederlands Paviljoen 2010, Happy Street2006pencil on paper30 x 52 cm
Jack WhittenRadiator Drawing #22010graphite on rice paper49,5 x 68,5 cm
Jack WhittenRadiator Drawing #32010graphite on rice paper49,5 x 68,5 cm
Jack WhittenSyntax #112010dry pigment on rice paper17,1 x 59,7 cm
Jack WhittenSyntax #122010dry pigment on rice paper15,9 x 62,2 cm
Marlene DumasJ.H.1992ink and crayon on paper20,5 x 14 cm
Luc TuymansGood Advice2014gouache on paper40,4 x 29,7 cm
Luc TuymansAllo!2014watercolour on paper11 x 80,5 cm
Luc TuymansThunderbirds2014pastel on paper29,5 x 17 cm
Luc TuymansPanel2014gouache on paper42 x 29,7 cm
Pietro RoccasalvaStudy for Il Traviatore2013charcoal on paper12 x 15 cm
Jan De MaesschalckLes Doublures (The Understudies)2014acrylic on paper47 x 65 cm
Jan De MaesschalckLooking Back2014acrylic on paper55 x 36,5 cm
Jan De MaesschalckUntitled (Long Distance Call)2014acrylic on paper43 x 36,7 cm
Jan De MaesschalckUntitled (In Memoriam Card)2014acrylic on paper40 x 36,5 cm
Jan De MaesschalckTale of Chivalry2014acrylic on paper42,4 x 33 cm
Johannes KahrsUntitled2013graphite on paper72,4 x 54 cm
Johannes KahrsUntitled2013graphite on paper98 x 76,9 cm
Johannes KahrsUntitled2013graphite on paper61,8 x 74,9 cm
Johannes KahrsOT (Plan)2013graphite on paper51 x 51 cm
Marlene DumasPoging 8 tot het Verbeelden van Jan Hoet1992ink and crayon on paper20,5 x 13,5 cm
Marlene DumasPortret Jan Hoet1992ink and crayon on paper20,5 x 14,7 cm
Marlene DumasPortret voor JH1992ink and crayon on paper20,5 x 15 cm
Photo: Nicolas DewitteCourtesy David Zwirner, New York/London ; Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm ; et Zeno X Gallery, AntwerpInstallation view
Jockum NordströmVery Late2007graphite on paper29,7 x 42 cm
Jockum NordströmUr Sömn och Dövhet - Out of Sleep and Silence2007graphite on paper58,8 x 147,4 cm
Jockum NordströmAge of Optimism2008graphite on paper56 x 76 cm
Jockum NordströmDon't Hide2008graphite on paper57 x 77 cm
Jockum NordströmLong Hand2008graphite on paper36 x 48 cm
Jockum NordströmSent by Hand2008graphite on paper45 x 60 cm
Jockum NordströmStage Whisper2008graphite on paper42 x 30 cm
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, United States of America Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, United States of America Helsingborgs Konstmuseum, Helsingborg, Sweden Magasin 3, Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States of America S.M.A.K. Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium Statens Konstråd/The National Public Art Council, Stockholm, Sweden Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås, Sweden Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, United States of America
“Jockum Nordström Is the Rock Star of the Stockholm Art Scene” Vogue, article by Laird Borrelli-Persson (online) February 2017
“Jockum Nordström: “Sometimes I’m completely inside another world”’ TimeOut Magazine, article by Martin Coomer (online) September 2013
“The Floating Worlds of Jockum Nordström” Art Presse, no.399, article by Anaël Pigeat (p.51-53) April 2013
“Jockum Nordström. A Little bit of soul” Elephant, no.13, article by Katya Tylevich (p.100-109) Winter 2012 – 2013
“Jockum Nordström” ART, no.101, article by Indra Devriendt (p.26) September 2012
“Jockum Nordström essay: Between the table and the legs” Text by Dorothy Spears 2003
Taberg Media GroupStockholm, Sweden, 2023120 pages, ISBN 9789186011635
Rabén & SjögrenStockholm, Sweden, 202272 pages, ISBN 9789129733907
Zeno X Books, Hannibal & König BooksCologne, Germany, 2019182 pages, ISBN 9789492677877
Hatje Cantz VerlagOstfildern, Germany, 2013192 pages, ISBN 9783775735827
The Douglas Hyde Gallery / Trinity CollegeDublin, Ireland, 201030 pages, ISBN 9871905397327
SteidlGöttingen, Sweden, 200596 pages, ISBN 978-3-86521-142-9