A R C T I C L i g h t o f t h e N o r t h b y J o h a n L i n t o n f o r K Ä L L E M O photo: William Thalbitzer, by kind permission of Arktisk Institut, Denmark ©

ARCTIC by Johan Linton Cabinet in anodized aluminium, doors with parchment, fiberoptics, bone Height 160 cm, width 90 cm, depth 33 cm Limited edition

Eskimo use of drill; specimen from narwhal and reindeer. Illustration from Alfred Gabriel Nathorst, Två somrar i Norra Ishafvet. Stockholm: Beijer, 1900. In his new piece of furniture for Källemo Johan Linton wanted to explore qualities of his homeland – the North. What particularly moved him in relation to the North was the light and landscape. He got the idea to make a kind of container that could be seen to hold and offer these qualities. The purest and strongest image that then appeared to him was the Arctic. Also, tales of the Arctic had followed him from his childhood – his grandfather’s...

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