Erik Johanson

Erik Johanson is an inspiration! A digital artist from Sweden, takes his own pictures and manipulates them. His work is quirky, creative and playful.

In the picture above we can see the artist himself doing an everyday task but he has made it really intreging by making it look like hes ironing himself flat. This reminds me of when you've got ready for the day and about to leave the house and notice your clothes need to be ironed. Honestly i wouldnt bother getting undressed to drag out the ironing board and so on. If only there were such an iron we could use when our clothed are on our bodys. It may sound lazy but impatience is a virtue.

In the above picture his body is taking on a different form and becoming part of the ice cream in his hand. Its as if he is sacrificing his arm for his ice cream because hes holding it at the highest point and it will be the last thing to melt. Erik Johanson must really love his ice cream.

This is my favorite image Erik Johanson has made (above). We can see him punching himself in the face and his fist becoming sunk into it. His face looks like a kind of 'bean bag' material look as if its soft and doesnt hurt. We all have them days, moments, situations where we just what to knock our heads off a wall, or get swallowed up by the ground, and to look at this image give me enjoyment to know that the artist is getting one up on himself and getting some pay back.

The image above is very beautiful. The concept of Erik Johanson laying down a road almost like a blanket across this wonderfully green feild. He makes the road seem like a element that can get taken away, just like a picnic blanket in a feild can be picked back up, to keep this feild more natural and unpolluted. The reality of it is that that road will stay there and interupt the peice.