Human Behaviour

I like miniatures. That’s one of the reasons I consider Johan Thurfjell one of the most interesting young Scandinavian artists right now.

Another young artist working with miniatures is Mikael Nilsson. But in his case it’s the paintings and drawings that really impress. I don’t know what to call it… stripped down realism, perhaps? It reminds me of Hopper as well as Raimonds Staphrans, but in a more conceptual setting. There are no humans present, but the objects depicted are almost always some sort of human constructions. They stand alone, like artefacts of human presence.

And it looks good. Goddamn, it looks good! It’s the sort of stuff I’d hang on my wall any day, if I could afford it.