÷yvind Fahlstr-m, "Eddie (Silvie's Brother) in the Desert," 1966,
silkscreen on paper

Brazilian-born artist ÷yvind Fahlstr-m (1928-1976) led a peripatetic life that included years in Sweden, Italy, France, and New York. Inspired by an eclectic range of sources, including the Surrealists, pre-Columbian manuscripts, modern Mexican art, John Cage, jazz, and underground comic artists like Crumb, Fahlstr-m utilized diverse media, producing works in film, performance, installation, sculpture, prints, and painting. Though often classified as Pop because of his use of popular imagery, the political narratives in Fahlstr-m's work align him more with the ambitions of the Conceptual artists.

The Complete Graphics and Multiples offers a comprehensive look at Fahlstr-m's graphic work. Vibrantly colored, and densely packed with cartoon imagery and text, Fahlstr-m's prints bring to life dramas of global politics, as well as revealing historical truths about political, social, and economic issues. Fahlstr-m describes his strategy as "orchestrat[ing] data, so people will- at best- both understand and be outraged." Through a free-form recombination and morphing of his source material, Fahlstr-m reveals obscured social machinations.

This exhibition travels to six other educational institutions: the Haggerty Museum of Art (Marquette University), Selby Galleries (Ringling School of Art and Design), Gibson Art Galleries (State University of New York), The Mesaros Galleries (University of West Virginia), Herron Gallery (University of Indiana - Perdue), and Arizona State University Art Museum.

Accompanied by 20 page, b/w and color catalog.
(currently unavailable)