Per Wizén

Per Wizén builds his intriguing collages using fragments of reproductions of historical art works; during many years he was preoccupied with the Renaissance and Baroque era. In this meticulous process, the content of the work shifts in relation to the source, pinpointing hidden meanings and underlying tensions. In his ongoing series of works, Subterranean, Per Wizén’s starting point is Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Using the reproductions of John Tenniel’s original drawings for the books from 1865 and 1871, Wizén opens up an entirely new interpretation of the relationship between Alice and the White Knight and emphasizes the uncanny qualities in Carroll’s texts.

Submitted by Cecilia Hillström Gallery