J.O MALLANDER27.04 - 9.05.1973

galerie s:t petri
s:t petri kyrkogata 5
lund
046 / 14 78 00

Between April 27 and May 9, 1973, Galerie S:t Petri, Lund, presents conceptual art in the form of paper sculptures by the Stockholm- and Helsinki-based artist and art critic J. O. Mallander.

As an art critic, he has worked for several newspapers and journals, including since 1968 in Hufvudstadsbladet, Helsinki; during 1971–72 in Dagens Nyheter; and from 1968–71 in the Finnish art journal Tidskrift Liris. He has also contributed to various cultural magazines such as Paletten, Taide, Horisont. He has also produced radio and television programs about art, including one on Claes Oldenburg for Finnish TV.

Mallander is active in several different fields; his poems have been published in Ultra, Parnasso, International Organ, DN, Lyrikvännen. He has also been involved in experimental music recordings since 1968.

The Lund exhibition is his first in southern Sweden.
J. O. Mallander will be present at the opening on Friday, April 27, from 5 to 8 p.m. On Saturday at 6 p.m. he will give an interesting lecture in the gallery titled Aesthetics, Ecology, Energy – The New Functions of Art, addressing the philosophical problems of contemporary art.