Jan-Erik Lundström

Jan-Erik Lundström (born 1958) is a Swedish curator, the director of BildMuseet [ [http://www.bildmuseet.umu.se/ BildMuseet, Umeå universitet ] ] , Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden (a museum of contemporary art and visual culture), and the co-curator of the 3rd Bucharest Biennale [3rd Bucharest Biennial http://www.bucharestbiennale.org/] .

Biography

Lundström is a well regarded lecturer, curator, organizer, and writer. A few of his latest exhibitions include "Politics of Place", "Killing Me Softly" (Tirana Biennial [ [http://www.biennale.net/ Biennale.Net ] ] ), "Projects for a Revolution" (Mois de la Photo [Mois de La Photo http://www.moisdelaphoto.com/] , Montreal), "Double Vision" (Prague Biennial) [Prague Biennial http://www.praguebiennale.org/] , "Same, Same, but Different" and "After the Fact", a major survey towards documentary practices in contemporary art.

Books

He is the author of numerous books, including "Nordic Landscapes", "Tankar om fotografi" (Thoughts on Photography), "Irving Penn and Horizons: Towards a Global Africa".

Teaching and Writing

Both a guest professor at HISK, Antwerp, Belgium and at the Kunstakademie, Oslo, Norway, Lundström is also a busy lecturer and writer internationally, a contributor to various symposia and to art and idea magazines such as Glänta [Glänta http://www.glanta.org/aktualiteter.lasso] , European Photography, Paletten [Paletten http://www.paletten.net/] and tema celeste [ Tema Celeste http://www.temaceleste.com/] .

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