Carl Johan De Geer (Sweden, Born 1938)

a carpet, "Monster Subtil", hand tufted, c 297 x 199 cm, signed and numbered 1/25

In New Zealand wool. The original pattern was composed by Carl Johan De Geer in 1986.

Carl Johan De Geer, the visionary artist and author, seized his daughter's plastic toys in a burst of inspiration. With a mix of creative joy and a dose of eccentricity, he began to arrange and combine these small figures to draw a world of surreal patterns.

The toys, with their colourful surfaces and enticing shapes, became the building blocks for Carl Johan De Geer's artistic creation. He crafted a lively dance among the various plastic creatures, liberated by their inherent playfulness. With each movement and every arranged position, a new monster emerged - a monster that was a tribute to the absurd and the grotesque.