Hailing from Sweden, Edelmann worked as a comic strip illustrator for many years until he started to paint. His “parcels” became his signature and caught my eye as exceptional trompe-l’ oeil images. At first I thought they were just giant, poorly wrapped presents, but upon closer inspection I learned that they are in fact impressively intricate oil paintings. Occupying a space between illusion and hyper-realism Edelmann’s paintings pull from the influences of surrealists such as Rene Magritte, Giorgio de Chirico and Marcel Duchamp. Capturing every wrinkle and tear in the paper Edelmann’s paintings float a few inches off the wall, furthering the confusion about their dimension. A viewer might wonder what’s inside these rather poorly wrapped packages, endowing Edelmann’s paintings with a sense of both mystery and humor. ( By Pauli Ochi from www.beautifuldecay.com ). For more information or to get in touch with the artist, we invite you to follow his website at the link below.
www.craigheadgreen.com/artists/edelmann/