If Christer Karlstad’s large format paintings compare to an existential, dystopian novel then his ‘The Seer’ series are his haiku poems – originating from the same universe. This is a place where the humans and animals populating it are recognizable yet strangers. The rules are unknown, the ambiguous narratives and hierarchies are reshuffled. All five titles ‘Sing’, ‘Whisper’, ‘Howl’, ‘Breathe’ and ‘Still’ refer to […]
