EXHIBITION: IAN RUSTH

PAINTING PARADISE

IAN RUSTH

Ian Rusth is a self-taught artist. His first exhibition took place in an old tobacco shop and is said to have been a success from day one, even though he chose to paint on the other side of the canvas. Since then, he has refined a characteristic expression, unique on the art scene today, and has become one of the country's most loved artists. Here we have an artist who neither waited for art schools to accept him nor adapted to current fashion. He has taken matters into his own hands, goes his own way and creates the world that he sees within himself. Recurring symbols and figures in his colorful world are grand turn-of-the-century villas, pinnacles and towers, buses of all kinds and dogs. The thoughts are brought to France and not least Paris with its picturesque outdoor restaurants and old buildings.

The beautiful, subtle and slightly enigmatic motifs have also attracted interest in Great Britain, France and the Netherlands and have also appeared at quality auctions far outside Gothenburg, where Ian Rust has his studio today.

In this exclusive collection, created for the exhibition at Galleri Melefors in Linköping, we experience qualities such as curiosity, playfulness, an enigmatic rapture about life itself and the dream of creating a paradisiacal world through art and painting. Welcome to an exhibition where you can enter the fantastic universe of the charming naivist Ian Rusth.

Johan Melefors & colleagues