Per B Sundberg
Per B Sundberg (b. 1964 Sweden, lives and works in Stockholm) has been called the great rebel of ceramics. His radically innovative and experimental attitude towards the ceramic material and its traditional techniques has been noted internationally. Sundberg’s craftsmanship is renowned and he has created his own mix of clay, glazing and engobes in his works, infusing the historically and conceptually charged material with an organic narrative all of his own. The glazing technique often complicates the relationship between function, decoration and the object and his non-conformist and sometimes provocative pieces are characterized by absurd humour and a desire to challenge accepted norms.
His objects are sculpted in stoneware and then covered with clay and glaze, applied with various techniques and tools but they can also be sculpted objects on pre-existing porcelain figurines, often put together in groups that create a narrative. In both cases, the objects are then burned at different stages and temperatures as the layers are applied.
His work has been seen in exhibitions at Magasin III Museum for Contemporary Art, Stockholm, Röhsska Museum of Design and Craft, Gothenburg, Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall in Norway, Gustavsbergs Konstall, Stockholm and Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, to name a few.
In 2018, he collaborated with IKEA and his works are represented in collections such as M+ Hongkong, Magasin III - Museum for Contemporary Art, Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Arizona State University Art Museum, Musée des Art Décoratifs de Montréal, Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo, Buenos Aires, Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Victoria & Albert Museum, London and Keramiekmuseum Princessehof in the Netherlands among others.
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Per B Sundberg
Stockholm 24 Feb - 23 Apr 2022It is with great pleasure that we announce Per B Sundberg’s solo exhibition, opening on Thursday, February 24th, between 5-8pm at Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm. Per B Sundberg has been called the...Read more -
Per B Sundberg
Stockholm 15 Jan - 28 Feb 2015We are very proud to announce Per B Sundberg’s first exhibition at Andréhn-Schiptjenko. Per B Sundberg has been noted for his innovative and experimental attitude towards the ceramic material and...Read more
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, 'Huid & Haar', Keramiek Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, 2021
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, 'Huid & Haar', Keramiek Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, 2021
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2015
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2015
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2015
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2015
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2015
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view 'Suecia Contemporare', Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden, 2014
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, 'Otherworldly', Magasin III - Museum for Contemporary Art, Stockholm, Sweden, 2013
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view, 'Otherworldly', Magasin III - Museum for Contemporary Art, Stockholm, Sweden, 2013
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view Bomuldsfabrikens Konsthall, Sweden, 2012
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Per B Sundberg
Installation view Bomuldsfabrikens Konsthall, Sweden, 2012
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Objekt med hål / Object with hole, 2022
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Objekt med hål / Object with hole, 2022
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Scenografi II / Scenography II, 2022
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Objekt med hål / Object with hole, 2022
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Objekt med hål / Object with hole, 2022
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Behov V / Need V, 2022
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Kostym / Costume, 2022
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Löst material / Loose Material, 2022
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Objekt med hål / Object with hole, 2022
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Tvilling / Twin, 2022
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Imitation, 2022
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Behov IV / Need IV, 2022
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Scenografi IV / Scenography IV, 2022
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Behov I / Need I, 2022
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Objekt med hål / Object with hole, 2022
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Scenografi V / Scenography V, 2022
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Scenografi VI / Scenography VI, 2022
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Untitled, 2022
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Därefter / Thereafter, 2022
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Untitled, 2022
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Behov II / Need II, 2022
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Objekt med hål / Object with hole, 2022
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Liv / Life, 2022
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Upplösning / Dissolution, 2022
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Invånare II / Inhabitant II, 2022
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Miniatyr III / Miniature III, 2022
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Rös / Stone Mound, 2022
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Innan / Before, 2022
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Ägg och ben / Egg and Bone, 2022
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Svärta / Darkness, 2019
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Cirkulation / Circulation, 2019
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Peruk II / Wig II, 2019
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Koloni / Colony, 2019
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Född / Born, 2019
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Omsluten insida / Enclosed inside, 2016
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Samling / Collection, 2016
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Material, 2016
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Peruk / Wig, 2016
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Okänd / Unknown, 2016
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Bredvid, 2016
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Flöjtar, 2016
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Här kommer, 2015
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Objekt med hål, 2015
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Berg, 2015
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Miniatyr / Miniature, 2015
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Explosion, 2015
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Invånare, 2015
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Invånare, 2015
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Invånare, 2015
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Objekt med hål / Object with hole, 2014-2016
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Kulle, 2014
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Natur, 2014
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Invånare, 2014
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Objekt med hål, 2014
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Objekt med hål, 2014
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Objekt med hål / Object with hole, 2013-2016
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Stubbe, 2013
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Sött minne, 2012
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Freebase, 2011
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Per B Sundberg: Förtrollande bra verk med suveränt formspråk
Dan Backman, Svenska Dagbladet, April 2, 2022 -
Per B Sundberg: Gott humör präglar Per B Sundbergs konceptkonst
Nils Forsberg, Dagens Nyheter, March 9, 2022 -
Per B Sundberg: Ordning & oreda
Karin Grundberg Wolodarski, Dagens Industri, February 18, 2022 -
Per B Sundberg: De la céramique à la collection - Le présent imprévisible
Els Bracke, Collect, April 15, 2021 -
Per B Sundberg: Förkroppsligat på Nationalmuseum design, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Lotta Jonson, Dagens Nyheter, September 15, 2016 -
Per B Sundberg: Snoppar och knoppar på Nationalmuseum
Philip Warkander, Expressen, September 9, 2016 -
Per B Sundberg: ”Hantverksmässigt är jag seriös och ortodox, ja gammeldags”
Birgitta Rubin, Dagens Nyheter, January 31, 2016 -
Per B Sundberg: Personliga penisar och magiska bröst
Nils Forsberg, Expressen, September 15, 2015 -
Per B Sundberg: Per B Sundberg på Andréhn-Schiptjenko
Anders Olofsson, Konsten.net, January 20, 2015 -
Per B Sundberg: Hovnarren kastar den ironiska masken och låter allvaret kliva in
Bo Madestrand, Dagens Nyheter, January 15, 2015 -
Per B Sundberg: Pånyttfödd - keramikkonsten finner nya uttryck när Per B Sundberg bryter smakens alla tabun
Erica Treijs, Svenska Dagbladet, January 9, 2015 -
Per B Sundberg: Pelle & konstvärlden
David Castenfors, Artlover, December 15, 2014