Sivert Lindblom

Sivert Lindblom was a sculptor with strong links to architecture. Lindblom was influenced early on in his career by the french sculptor Auguste Rodin. During the 1960s he went on to develop a unique and timeless visual language with links to both classicism and thepresent. He willingly demystified the artistic process and let the material he worked with lead him to the desired result.

An interest in architecture is evident in everything Sivert Lindblom did. His first job was with Sigurd Lewerentz in his home town of Eskilstuna. Later on, after his studies at the Art Academy in Stockholm, he began a long-lasting and close collaboration with Peter Celsing.

There are many public art works by Sivert Lindblom around Sweden. The ambition was always to create communal spaces which enables positive encounters between people.

The exhibition at Vandalorum was put together by Sivert Lindblom himself. He saw the exhibition as having its own voice, where the works interact with both the room and the visitors.

Sivert Lindblom (1931-2023) had solo exhibitions for ex. at the Venice biennale (1968), Centre Culturel Suédois in Paris (1980), Lundskonsthall and Skissernas museum (1993), Museum of Architecture (1994), Historical Museum (1998) and the Art Academy (2012). Lindblom has been a professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (1966-70) and a commissioner of Statens Konstråd (1975-79). He became a commissioner of the Royal Academy of the Arts 1974. 1995 he received the Sergel Prize by the Royal Academy of the Arts.

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