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About Christian-Pontus Andersson
- Christian Pontus Andersson (born 1977) is a Swedish artist and sculptor, living in Södermalm, Stockholm. Christian Pontus Andersson was born in the small town Brattfors, county of Värmland, in Sweden.
- First working as a television journalist, Andersson hesitated between studying plastic surgery or becoming an artist.
- He started studying ceramics at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, in Stockholm in 2002.
- During his studies, he opened a ceramic workshop in the Chinese “porcelain capital” Jingdezhen where he produced his master's degree project, the large scale baroque series Cry Me the Sorrows (2007).
- Combining both high artistic and craftsmanship level, his work gained a lot of attention at the annual Spring exhibition, and led to his first acclaimed solo exhibition at Christian Larsen Gallery (Aerea).
- Andersson has also exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Stockholm, and participated in group exhibitions in Tokyo, Munich, Frankfurt, and Milan.
- The National Museum owns his 2007 sculpture Guard for Tears; he is also represented in the collection of the Röhsska Museum with two works.The work of Christian Pontus Andersson balances between kitch and stringent form, creating a contrast between the extravagant homoerotic appearances of the figures and the fragile material of which they are made.
- As sources of inspiration, Andersson mentions Czech artist Alphonse Mucha, and his work also resembles that of Matthew Barney and Jeff Koons.
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