Max Magnus Norman Explained

Cal Henrik Max Magnus Norman (born July 30, 1973) is a Swedish artist, painter, and sculptor.

Norman was born in Sundsvall, Medelpad, he currently resides in Prague.[1] [2] He paints visions and dreamlike images[3] as accurately as possible, which results in paintings with a photorealistic quality. His works are intended to spread virally among social networks on the Internet; his art and stunts often deal with everyday events spiced up with a touch of the absurd.

A few examples of such works created for the Internet are the illustrated essay "The LED (minor) Artcrime Tutorial" and the Moose graffiti stunt, where the artist sneaks up on a wild moose and paints graffiti on it. His sculpture and plastic arts projects have received some exposure in Sweden, such as his art project that consisted of a woodpecker placed on a traffic camera on the E4 near Stockvik.[4] In another of Max Magnus Norman's art projects the artist created an unknown (but huge) number of plastic monkeys, about 1 metres in length. One night in early May 2009 he put up these monkeys in different settings all over the small city Sundsvall. One monkey was riding a crocodile in the middle of the central stream Selångersån and one was placed upon a traffic light making it look like the monkey controlled the traffic, some monkeys were even placed under water. A few of these monkeys still remain, amongst other one flying 20 metres up in the air, holding a beer can above the intersection Köpmangatan-Thulegatan.[5] [6]

In 2008, a statue of his, "Kuken ska ha sitt,"[7] which includes a 30 cm. long penis, caused some local outcry which was noticed by the Swedish press: the "obscene sculpture" drew notice and commentary from the two largest Swedish papers, Aftonbladet[8] and Expressen.[9] As it happened, Norman's sculpture coincided with a few other "phallic" Swedish works of art that year, including a full-frontal nude Jesus;[10] the fact that Norman's sculpture was provided with a warning for the young[11] enhanced its reputation, as well as that of the artist.[12] [13] [14]

Alchemy

In 2014 Max Magnus Norman published the book Magnum Opus Part 1 (2014,) where he claims he unsought managed to create the philosopher's stone. The book, written in Swedish, is built up as a manual on how to reach spiritual and physical enlightenment, thought it only covers a few physical and meditative exercises, layered with self biographical anecdotes. [15]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Holmlund . Susanne . Sundsvallskonstnärer gör affischer . sv . Sundsvalls Tidning . 2006-11-03 . 2009-01-30 .
  2. News: Fredriksson . Johanna . Kulturfakta om Sundsvall . sv . Sundsvalls Tidning . 2007-08-04 . 2009-01-30 .
  3. News: Holmlund . Susanne . Modernt och historiskt möts i Röklandsgården . sv . Sundsvalls Tidning . 2008-07-01 . 2009-01-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080702004943/http://www.st.nu/noje/kultur.php?action=visa_artikel&id=742250 . July 2, 2008 .
  4. News: Östberg . Anita . Hacke hackspett - i stället för rondellhund . sv . Sundsvalls Tidning . 2007-09-25 . 2009-01-30 .
  5. News: Hallberg . Lasse . Sundsvall apar sig . sv . Sundsvalls Tidning . 2009-05-08 . 2009-08-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090513133201/http://st.nu/kultur/1.1025190 . 2009-05-13 .
  6. Web site: Street Art Monkeys . Max Magnus Norman . 2008-04-12 . 2009-08-06.
  7. Web site: Kuken ska ha sitt . Max Magnus Norman . 2008-04-12 . 2009-01-30.
  8. News: Varnar barn för obscen skulptur . sv . . 2008-07-09 . 2009-01-31.
  9. News: Lundström . Louise . Barn varnas för skulpturen 'Kuken' . sv . . 2009-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080731161027/http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/1.1225650/barn-varnas-for-skulpturen-kuken . 2008-07-31 . dead.
  10. News: Persson . Henrik . Fallosen får länet på fall . sv . . 2009-01-30 . dead . https://archive.today/20130418103647/http://allehanda.se/mer/kultur/1.187839 . 2013-04-18 .
  11. News: Kjellberg . Niklas . Hans utställning har väckt starka reaktioner . sv . Dagbladet i Sundsvall . 2008-07-10 . 2009-01-31 . dead . https://archive.today/20130418092805/http://dagbladet.se/kulturnoje/1.58785 . 2013-04-18 .
  12. News: Nilsson . Fredrik . Kuken fick sitt på Norra berget . sv . Sundsvalls Tidning . 2008-07-09 . 2009-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080802164518/http://www.st.nu/noje/kultur.php?action=visa_artikel&id=744336 . 2008-08-02 . dead .
  13. News: Brånfelt . Björn . Brånis presenterar: Innelistan i Medelpad - sommar-special . sv . Dagbladet i Sundsvall . 2008-08-22 . 2009-01-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080922060312/http://dagbladet.se/kulturnoje/1.105128 . 2008-09-22 .
  14. News: Kjellberg . Niklas . Hallå där . sv . Dagbladet i Sundsvall . 2008-07-30 . 2009-01-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080804141224/http://dagbladet.se/kulturnoje/1.78878 . 2008-08-04 .
  15. News: Holmlund . Susanne . Max Magnus skriver bok om sin inre process . sv . Sundsvalls Tidning . 2014-07-12 . 2015-01-12.

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