A unique report on the street art of Sweden

Playground Sweden

Street art has boomed in just a few years. These illicit decorations of our cities cause curiosity. But once the art meets the public, its originators have already vanished, and the questions largely remain unanswered.

Until now. The book Playground Sweden offers answers with the testimonials 30 of Sweden’s most interesting street artists.

How does the impulse to take responsibility for your direct environment appear? Why are some public artistic expressions more acceptable than others? Does street art that appeals to the many run the risk of becoming too nice, even meaningless?

Ivar Andersen, Kristian Borg and Sverker Ohlsson have been following street artists, documenting their work. The result is a book on contemporary art that refuses to follow given rules.

Playground Sweden is the first survey and analysis of Swedish street art. With its unique pictorial material, it takes the reader behind the scenes of an art exhibition in a constant state of flux.

Ivar Andersen and Kristian Borg are journalists at the free paper Stockholms Fria Tidning.

Sverker Olsson is a freelance photographer who currently studies linguistics at Stockholm University.

Dokument Förlag publishes and distributes books on art and subcultures.

Specifications:
Title: Playground Sweden
By: Ivar Andersen, Kristian Borg, Sverker Ohlsson
No. of pages: 144
Binding: Hardback
Format: 17x23 cm
ISBN 978-91-85639-07
Publication date: September 2007

Press images are available from www.dokument.org

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