Hariton Pushwagner
| Hariton Pushwagner | |
|---|---|
 Pushwagner in front of Axel Jensen's ship "S/Y Shanti Devi", 1983 | |
| Born |
Terje Brofos 2 May 1940 Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Known for | Pop art |
Hariton Pushwagner is the artist pseudonym of Terje Brofos (born May 2, 1940), a Norwegian pop art artist.
Biography
Pushwagner finished his education at the State's School of Art and Design of Oslo in 1959. He states that he quit drawing for a period after his studies, and that he struggled for several years to find his personal style.[1]
Pushwagner describes himself as a spiritual student of Norwegian author Axel Jensen, whom he met in 1968.[2] He has illustrated Jensen's book Og resten står skrivd i stjernene/And the Rest is Writ(ten) in the Stars (1995)
Pushwagner won back the rights to his drawings from Morten Dreyer in Oslo Courthouse 10.29.2009.
In July 2012, London-based publisher Art / Books published an extensive monograph on his work[3] to coincide with an exhibition at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes that subsequently toured to Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum in Norway and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in the Netherlands.[4][5][6]
Education and further studies
- 1958-61, Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry, Oslo, Norway
- 1963-66, Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway
- 1970-80, Studies, London, UK and Stockholm, Sweden
- 1988-89, Studies, New York City, United States
- 1991-92, Cité internationale des Arts, Paris, France [7]
References
- ↑ "P U S H W A G N E R". Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ↑ "P U S H W A G N E R". Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ↑ http://www.artbookspublishing.co.uk/pushwagner/
- ↑ http://www.mkgallery.org/exhibitions/pushwagner/
- ↑ http://www.haugar.com/pushwagner/
- ↑ http://www.boijmans.nl/en/7/calendar-exhibitions/calendaritem/1169/pushwagner
- ↑ http://www.pushwagner.no/