Jesper Waldersten Landskapsflykten
In Focus
October 2, 2025
Landskapsflykten marks Jesper Waldersten’s (b. 1969) first sustained engagement with the landscape genre. Known for his incisive draughtsmanship and raw, elegant imagery, Waldersten here turns to nature as a stage charged with tension and ambiguity. Figures emerge and dissolve, atmospheres shift, and layered compositions hold the trace of memory and absence. Resonating with the Northern European tradition of landscape as more than backdrop, the series opens the genre to a personal, contemporary register—poetic, unsettling, and open-ended.
Waldersten emerged from illustration and sharp satire to become one of Sweden’s most recognisable contemporary artists. Mixing words, photography, music, and drawing, his work is at once witty and serious. He has published acclaimed books and exhibited widely, including Fotografiska, Färgfabriken, and Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, with international presentations in Berlin and Shanghai. He lives and works in Mariefred, outside Stockholm.
Gallery
Jesper Waldersten Landskapsflykten
Jesper Waldersten Människan är ett bloss/Man Is A Drag From A Cigarette, 2025, Oil on panel, 85 x 55 cm
Jesper Waldersten En oväntad rörelse/A Sudden Gesture, 2025, Oil on panel, 60 x 60 cm
Jesper Waldersten Den röda svanen/The Red Swan, 2025, Oil on panel, 40 x 55 cm
Jesper Waldersten Besökaren/The Visitor, 2025, Oil on canvas, 95 x 140 cm
Jesper Waldersten På det djupa/At The Deep End, 2025, Oil on panel, 55 x 80 cm
Jesper Waldersten Alla ska bada!/All Shall Bathe!, 2025, Oil on panel, 90 x 120 cm
Jesper Waldersten Fars hus/Fathers House, 2025, Oil on panel, 90 x 120 cm
Jesper Waldersten Besökaren/The Visitor, 2025, Oil on panel, 24 x 20 cm
Jesper Waldersten Gestalt före sin tid/Figure Before Its Time, 2025, Oil on panel, 60 x 60 cm
Jesper Waldersten Mellan det förgångna/Between The Past, 2025, Oil on panel, 60 x 60 cm
Jesper Waldersten Rodnadens lykta/ The Blushers Lantern, 2025, Oil on panel, 110 x 80 cm
Jesper Waldersten Landskapsflykten/The Landescape, 2025, Oil on canvas, 240 x 195 cm
Jesper Waldersten Spridd över golvet/Spread Across The Floor, 2025, Oil on panel, 40 x 55 cm
Jesper Waldersten Slutbild/End Frame, 2025, Oil on canvas, 188 x 275 cm
Jesper Waldersten Transparens i månljus/Transparency in Moonlight, 2025, Oil on panel, 55 x 40 cm
Jesper Waldersten På andra sidan/Across The Divide, 2025, Oil on panel, 63 x 120 cm
Jesper Waldersten Sista strykningen/The Final Stroke, 2025, Oil on canvas, 240 x 195 cm
