| Norwegian title: | Kjartan Slettemark. En biografi |
| Norwegian subtitle: | Kunsten å bli sett |
| Author: | Anders Gjesvik |
| Binding: | Innbundet |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Pages: | 352 |
| Publisher: | Cappelen Damm |
| Språk: | Bokmål |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9788202709280 |
| Kategori: | Narrative Non-fiction |
Kjartan Slettemark grew up on a little farm in Western Norway, and by experimenting with different identities became one of the most experimental artists in Norway and Sweden. He sought Swedish citizenship in 1965 after a furious debate surrounding his artwork criticising the war in Vietnam, which was later canonised as one of the 12 most important artworks from post-war Norway. This book shows how tortuous and lonely the road to recognition was.
«(...) en av de beste – og tidvis – mest kritiske kunstnerbiografier jeg har lest på lang tid.»
«For de som er interessert i norsk kunsthistorie, er denne boken en gullgruve (...).»
«Om ikke Slettemarks kunst blir stående i kunsthistorien, er det store sjanser for at biografien om ham blir det.»
