Max Book, born 1953, Swedish artist.
Max Book first attracted attention in the 1980’s for his dark, expressive and monumental paintings. He has long been considered one of the most acclaimed and accomplished painters of his generation in Sweden. As a painter, Book has developed a unique and experimental visual language mixing paint, pasted collage, graffiti influences, strange characters and contradictory objects within his work.
Max Book has exhibited at International Artists, PS 1, New York, Art Cologne in Cologne, Modern Museum, Stockholm, Forum, Zurich, World’s End in Copenhagen, ASF Gallery, New York, Center Culturel Suedois, Paris. Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Horsens Konstmuseum i Danmark, Lunds Konsthall, Sundsvalls Museum, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Galleri Engström, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Forum, Zürich, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. Malmö Konsthall, Kunst RAI, Amsterdam, ARCO, Madrid, Rooseum, Malmö, Konstant 90, Leningrad and Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde. His work can be found in the collections of the National Museum in Stockholm, the Gothenburg Museum, the Norrköping Art Museum and the Modern Museum in Stockholm.