Martin Jacobson
Dreams, myths and archetypical images all have in common that they are a door into a shared human consciousness, to experiences unbound by time. Jacobson’s imagery can be read as an associative stream, generating from these shared experiences. With a desire to deepen the understanding of how we perceive ourselves in relation to the world surrounding us, Jacobson delves with his theatrical and saturated expression deeper into this dichotomy.
Starting with existing images on archetypical motifs and themes such as sunsets, forests, mythological images and architectural forms and then recombining these elements, Martin Jacobson creates new motifs, often in stark and an almost unreal range of colours. Interpreting these originals is a way for Jacobson to create an image that is both new and old, familiar and unknown. A concentrate of light- and colour-phenomena, cultural references and emotional reactions take place in scenographic world where, just as on stage, fiction and reality meet and the double nature of beauty is allowed to be both seductive and repulsive.
Martin Jacobson (b. 1978, Sweden) has since his graduation from Malmö Art Academy (Malmö, Sweden) in 2005 been exhibited at numerous solo and group exhibitions, both in Scandinavia and internationally. Recent projects include a set design with monumentally scaled paintings, made for a stage show originally, presented at Wanås Konst in Sweden and an extensive solo exhibition at Vandalorum (Värnamo, Sweden) His works have also been shown in the exhibition Martin Jacobson: Excursions at the Nordic Watercolour Museum, (Skärhamn, Sweden), Martin Jacobson: The Traveller’s Guide to the Other Side at La Conservera (Murcia, Spain) and in the exhibition The Collectors, curated by Elmgreen & Dragset in the Danish Pavilion at the 2009 Venice Biennale.
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MARTIN JACOBSON - The Garden is Open
Stockholm 7 May - 27 Jun 2020It’s with pleasure that we announce The Garden is Open, Martin Jacobson’s fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. The opening will take place on May 7th without an opening reception,...Read more -
Martin Jacobson - The Exhibition
Stockholm 12 Jan - 4 Mar 2017Andréhn-Schiptjenko is proud to open the spring season with Martin Jacobson’s fourth solo exhibition at the gallery. The exhibition consists of over 40 oil paintings, aquarelles and objects presented in...Read more -
Martin Jacobson - Landscapes
Stockholm 15 May - 19 Jun 2014We proudly present Martin Jacobson’s third exhibition at Andréhn-Schiptjenko. Martin Jacobson’s most recent watercolours and oil paintings depict landscapes in an almost unreal range of colours. The starting point is...Read more
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Martin Jacobson
Installation view 'The Garden is Open' , Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2020
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Martin Jacobson
Installation view 'The Garden is Open' , Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2020
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Martin Jacobson
Installation view 'The Garden is Open' , Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2020
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Martin Jacobson
Installation view 'Med omnejd' at Vandalorum,
Värnamo, Sweden, 2019 -
Martin Jacobson
Installation view 'Med omnejd' at Vandalorum,
Värnamo, Sweden, 2019 -
Martin Jacobson
Installation view 'Med omnejd' at Vandalorum,
Värnamo, Sweden, 2019
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Martin Jacobson
Installation view at Andréhn-Schiptjenko,
Stockholm, Sweden, 2017 -
Martin Jacobson
Installation view at Andréhn-Schiptjenko,
Stockholm, Sweden, 2017 -
Martin Jacobson
Installation view at Andréhn-Schiptjenko,
Stockholm, Sweden, 2017
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Martin Jacobson
Installation view at Norrtälje Konsthall,
Norrtälje, Sweden, 2015 -
Martin Jacobson
Installation view at Norrtälje Konsthall,
Norrtälje, Sweden, 2015 -
Martin Jacobson
Installation view at Norrtälje Konsthall,
Norrtälje, Sweden, 2015
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Martin Jacobson
Installation view 'Excursions' at The Nordic Watercolour Museum,
Skärhamn, Sweden, 2013 -
Martin Jacobson
Installation view 'Excursions' at The Nordic Watercolour Museum,
Skärhamn, Sweden, 2013 -
Martin Jacobson
Installation view at Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014
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Martin Jacobson
Installation view at Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014
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Martin Jacobson
Installation view at Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014
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Martin Jacobson
Installation view, Nordic Watercolour Museum, 2013
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Martin Jacobson
Installation view, Nordic Watercolour Museum, 2013
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Martin Jacobson
Installation view, Nordic Watercolour Museum, 2013
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Martin Jacobson
Installation view, Sala Veronicas, Murcia, Spain, 2011
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Allegoriska katter / Allegorical Cats, 2020
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Ateljén / The Studio, 2020
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Betraktare (takmålning) /Observers (ceiling painting), 2020
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Spektrum / Spectrum, 2020
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Ateljén (skiss), 2019
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Egypt, 2018
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Garden III, 2018
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Sunny forest at night, 2018
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Teatime under the moon, 2018
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Town square, 2018
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Eclipse, 2018
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Cathedral III, 2018
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Scenography for an unwritten play, 2018
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Death takes a break, 2018
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Nr 37, 2016
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Nr 39, 2016
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Nr 45, 2016
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Nr 60, 2016
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Nr 63, 2016
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Nr 67, 2016
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Landskap 23, 2015
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Trädgården är öppen / The garden is open, 2014-2020
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Landskap 2, 2014
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Landskap 12, 2014
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Landskap 14, 2014
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Vilda träd, rött och grönt / Wild trees, red and green, 2013
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Höst, långa skuggor / Autumn, long shadows, 2013
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Fågelholk, vinter/Birdhouse, winter, 2013
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Landskap 1 / Landscape 1, 2013
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Landskap 3 / Landscape 3, 2013
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The Park, 2011
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Acrylic Forest, 2011
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Red Forest II, 2011
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Emerald City, 2010
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The Wave (later that evening), 2010