Of course, there are several reasons why I wanted to present him. But the most important of all is my recent encounter with him and all his sculpture-performers at an exhibition called "Pranks in the Moonlight" in CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China Oct- Dec 2017.
TEXTS
Randomly exposed selected texts by or about Torsten Jurell
月光下的恶作剧 - Pranks in the Moonlight
Text in English and Chinese by Love Jönsson, curator, writer. Published at the website of CAFA Art Museum as an introduction to 月光下的恶作剧 - Pranks in The Moonlight, Torsten Jurell´s solo exhibition autumn 2017.
BÜHNENSTÜCKE
Dieser programmatische Satz aus Marcel Marceaus berühmten Manifest für Rolandseck aus dem Jahre 1969, ist einer der Handlungsstränge einer großangelegten Theaterinszenierung, die ihren Ausgangspunkt im spätklassizistischen Bahnhofsgebäude nimmt und sich in den unterschiedlichen Gebäudeteilen des Neubaus von Richard Meier fortsetzt. Der...
THE ART OF LIVING
Text: Torsten Jurell in the Indian art magazine "Art&Deal". A presentation of the Chinese sculptor Wang Jingxue (Xiao Xue).
MESSEGES "BAN ZHENG"
Article in the cataloge from HUITAI ART CENTER, CHINA 2012 (Text in Chinese/English)
LANDMARKS OF THE UNDERGROUND 地底下的标志
Text: (Will follow in Chinese) Torsten Jurell. From the book "TUB-3, 14 Stations on Hjulsta Line". 2011.
GENOM UNDERJORDEN TILL KINA
Text: Torsten Jurell. PALETTEN - Nr: 3-4 2010.
NATIONAL SCULPTURE MAGAZINE OF CHINA
Text: Mengjia. In September 2010 Torsten Jurell exhibited Brief report from the Underworld at Pickled Art - UNIT ONE Gallery, in 798 ART district in Beijing. The show attracted the attention of the leading sculpture magazine NATIONAL SCULPTURE MAGAZINE OF CHINA that were about to stage a major exhibition of wooden sculpture. At that time Jurell...
I JUST HAPPENED TO BE THERE
我碰巧在那里来自地底的好消息 Text (will follow in Chinese): Torsten Jurell. From the book "Good News from The Lower World. Karneval 2010.
PHOTO ESSAY
Text and photo: Torsten Jurell. Indian Art Magazine ART ETC 2010
IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO A SINGLE WORD
Text: Torsten Jurell. About the Namibian artist Imke Rust in the Swedish art magazine Konstperspektiv #3-08
ABOUT THE ARTIST JURELL
Text: Laure Barbizet-Namer. Assistant curator in charge of the painting and print department at Musée d'histoire Contemporaine, (the Museum of Contemporary History), Paris
A DIFFERENT ICONOGRAPHY
Text: Jan Myrdal, writer. From the book; Fire! Manifest 2000
THE TEMPTATION
Text: Lars Andrée. From the book "Fire!" Published during the exhibition at Stockholm "Culture House" Kulturhuset, 2000.