https://www.danielfranzen.com/work daily 0.75 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520211789327-JYOALDRPXTN7Q02PYHU9/kitchen2.jpg Works - Blomkvist apt Private apartment in Stockholm 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520212494569-I31IJCC8U6U0D5A502JB/Jobb+utan+namn_014_Final.jpg Works - Red Wing Stockholm Store design 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520214396684-7HP2X6C3P3TD04R6K1MS/DSC_4251.JPG Works - My pussy my choice Group exhibition and live painting at Wallery gallery, NK 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520214971870-ZYZ6PL6Q199DZKK7XXW2/overview.jpg Works - Croydon All city graffiti jam, Croydon London 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520287286111-ULEHUK7GUL9ZC2JLAEOD/1.jpg Works - NO18 Wallpaper, tiles, mirror, marker and spray paint on walls at NO18, Stockholm. location https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520290748602-55BN9AQJOCO01N4J0QQJ/hillersta.jpg Works - Arvesund A serie of modern barnhouses for the Swedish company Arvesund More info https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520363484029-D07MG5A3CW88C6XQ65W1/WP_20170921_11_21_27_Pro.jpg Works - imPOSSIBLE Commissioned 5x3m wall at Ulvsunda slott, Stockholm Limited edition on 76x57 cm paper, Wallery gallery 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520364570490-BKD6E88QALRTKO53N0A7/dogtag09_danielfranzen_high.jpg Works - Dog Tag Dog Tag for the Swedish Pride festival 2009 The idea was that anyone attending the Pride festival are to be honoured with a medal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520365074481-ID1VPKFSB00TA8PEJLSO/Femme_low_daniel-franzen_bunkerhill.jpg Works - Femme Trivet made in solid brass for the exhibition in Bulthaupt showroom in Berlin The first design was made in 2006 included in a serie of feminist symbol jewellery for House of Natalia, but were never in production https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520516667863-OYN3ONYBD48M96AZP2ZW/bunkerhill_intarsia_large.jpg Works - Intarsia / EQT Commission for EQT headquarters / Wallery gallery in collaboration with graffiti artist Gouge Wood intarsia hand crafted by Malmsten Professor Leif Burman This part of the triptyk meassures 3 x 2 meters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520517261668-2VBD7T9MSO7GNZ4W0BAQ/bunkerhill_skateboard_stockholm1.jpg Works - Stockholm From the group exhibition Stockholm Je´taime at Gallery Pascale, Stockholm Laser cut metal skateboard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520517564738-H6Z4MRMNBMKYEV72AGYH/bunkerhill_revolver_table2.jpg Works - Revolver From the solo exhibition Greatest hits 1999-2009 at Designgalleriet 2009 Table, 80x150 cm pine wood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520215783615-PL8W347U4HCSYPZU715N/A-FrameXS-interior.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520509907670-TZ7ZAYJJB923FC7TNMMM/1.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520530540603-G4MCJBA3JOZZMJDJE95O/entrance.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520514010575-7H55SJH66IRUELPNO290/bunkerhill_unity_necklace.jpg Works - Unity The mobile charm NATO was converted into a necklace for the Swedish brand House of Natalia in 2006. The three Abrahamic religions united for peace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520531996865-UCQVZUR06PWB48DM48EX/image-asset.jpeg Works - Property of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia still has stoning as punishment, mainly against women Stureplan, Stockholm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520532393128-ICLY8VOSKWWLQ7ACG6D5/image-asset.jpeg Works - zine#1 The Diagnosed Zine #1 Folded A3, signed and numbered edition of 30   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520532659323-YXSZOVYAU6RVZB5CFDN0/image-asset.jpeg Works - radical circus jag Live performance in collaboration with Circus Cirkör at UKK, Uppsala https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520532730271-FITOHEQ1CMG0Z33PURGM/image-asset.jpeg Works - JAG by Savva Ernst Gunther Photograph by Savva Ernst Günther Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520531476454-6ZLK4Y0ZQ73Q926841NR/paper-models-final.jpg Works - House of Natalia Art direction, graphic, package and product design for House of Natalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520533385507-VAFBPS1F90P01ZS6JNL4/nybild1.jpg Works - One Earth Jewellery collection for House of Natalia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520533486914-YVHC19A5U3ZPKS3DBTZ3/tradition_matsal3.jpg Works - Tradition Interior architecture, furniture and product design for a restaurant chain Vasastan, Södermalm and Gamla Stan, Stockholm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520508875244-B3B2EF5UQQX1D8CDGT8N/IMG_0798.JPG Works - In flagrante delicto Group exhbition Sevenminusseven gallery, Us Virgin Islands My contribution is illustrations of the most common words people (men) look for on the free porn sites. Xerox transfer, spray and acrylic on 60x60 cm pine veneer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520587531540-7B936HKXGWA554LX12EC/close-up.jpg Works - Urban burn Stockholm Live painting at the first Urban Burn Stockholm 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520367370410-GF8P8FD8A241CLKFOKKM/15.JPG Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520599557707-YZTEZMSLSH5QOESXKQ0A/husby_fotografi-150x100cm.jpg Works - NK´s julskyltning 2018 150x100 cm ink on 310 g photo rag bright white paper Signed and numbered edition of 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520599913955-4V1VT18QM4KXY5XF5A14/hanif_low.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1521302715510-GXCJKQKS8UZ2DWF3RDBL/SlideUMAMI-1024x569.jpg Works - UMAMI Group exhibition UMAMI 5TH TASTE OF ART My contribution Rorschach on selfie girl Xerox transfer, spray paint, marker and 24K gold leaf on 110x110 cm wood veneer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520288519177-A10PD5KZO761ZXKKJ2ZD/blurredfrank.jpg Works - Blurred Frank Wallpaper made for the exhibition Passion for more at Wallery gallery 2016. More info A Serie of paintings made for the exhibition Kvadrart at Wallery gallery, Stockholm 2017 Xerox transfer and wallpaper on 120x120 cm wood veneer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520215271443-RFJ75Y5RWTKDWOXUL19Z/bmoll5_exterior.jpg Works - Artipelag "Ett två trä", group exhbition, Artipelag, Gustavsberg 2010 Pine objects from 2005-10 and a 4 sq.meter cabin built on site More info https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520505383861-8AUARDVBEAOFQXJNAKDJ/installation-room_low.jpg Works - God is Dead Solo exhibition at Kulturkossan, Stenegård Järvsö 2017 Cibatol, stone mat and fake grass 2x1.5 m https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1521897768404-60GQKSSAX8YYFQQ0GWT6/thoughts-.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520368288965-O0RXOMWDKHQ8R1U02VOQ/mrmuddandmrgold_00003.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1523550928292-PRECA4NFNXYPRH324JJN/pojke_4_2.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1534186605167-OPWGVJP5XYDFPNE90IWI/oland-lifeproject.jpg Works - Öland A life time ongoing art project in Öland, Sweden. Every summer a new part is added to this wall. It started in 2014 with the two small girls playing underneath the cherry blossom tree. I see the wall as a body to be filled with tattooed memories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1537443204598-HZ184BRWKUIK8HQQZEMI/DORNIEL_MARC.jpg Works - Dorinel Acrylic ink on 108x76 Hahnemüle paper, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520213044397-WAUOVRRQVXGHIJL9LH58/WP_20170523_14_38_57_low.jpg Works - A walk in the park Solo exhibition at Galleri LUX, Örebro 2017 Mixed media 2x2 m Verket är en esteticerad, avskalad och retuscherad bild av verkligheten, som bilder i mode- och inredningsmagasin, och bygger på den föreställningen om att våldtäkter främst handlar om överfallsvåldtäkter av okända gärningsmän. Den bilden sprids, bekräftas av media och våra barn lär sig att inte vistas ensamma i riskområden som offentliga parker. Vi lär inte våra barn att majoriteten av allt sexuellt våld sker i andra miljöer, mestadels i hemmet av en närstående och att de brotten sällan blir anmälda. I domar framkommer det att offret ifrågasätts på grund av beteende, klädsel och sexliv. Detta är en könsstereotyp bild som fortsätter att få existera också den med hjälp av föräldrars uppfostran av sina barn och vår samtids reklam-, film- och tv-produktioner. Verket på LUX är obehagligt men verkligheten är ännu värre, och du är själv delaktig till den. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520287742451-KT1CPQRIUFJI9RYO2P5I/DSC_4186.jpg Works - Wallpaper Some of the 20+ series of paintings made between 2014-15 Wallpaper and mixed media on 60x60 cm canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1544898256407-PKKUZ2IKZ81BCWC8YVGV/image-asset.jpeg Works - The Art critics part 1 THE VOYEUR (Feat Dorinel Marc). A gathering at Wallery gallery with the Swedish Art Critics Association. I mounted a hidden camera behind the mirror of one of my art objects at the gallery. It recorded the whole meeting and suddenly another artist appear uninvited and without anyone knowing it (including me) dressed as a painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520366575067-LVYUHAR2NJIPNMBAEZP5/Europallet.jpg Works - Europallet Originally made 2008 for the store Mr Mudd and Mr gold in Stockholm and later shown at several exhbitions Handicrafted in knot free pine by Marcel Labor 1200x800 cm, signed on the backside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520290038821-E8XTTGWUKZPTDTSD2BMC/zacke.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1521927084476-C8D76C8QADD0GSHV9V1V/olle-ljungstrom_low.jpg Works - Olle ljungström A homage to the Swedish artist Olle Ljungström after he sadly passed away on the 4th of May 2016. The mural was made during the Spring remake festival at Snösätra a few days later. The painting was later featured in the music video Bangatan by the former Hellacopters guitarist Strängen. Photo credit: Sibylla Nohrborg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520535713163-AJXB3SF8ZIFNKSAO60LM/Ska%CC%88rmavbild+2018-03-08+kl.+20.01.19.png Works - Hidden art project Hidden art in hotel rooms More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1551894993492-PF693L24CTYFVN0KKKHJ/harnosand_poster_web_high.jpg Works - Daniel & JAG Solo exhibition at Härnösands Konsthall. Around 100 pieces from my Alias period 2014-18 is on display 14/3-20/4 2019. Photo credit poster: Savva Ernst Günther 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1569439803372-OT5D18WHX1INEOZGAX2C/overview2_low.jpg Works - Wheel of Fortune Solo show at Wallery Gallery, Stockholm Sweden 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1570829747516-PT7C2IILS5GX41KK1UAJ/IMG_5974.JPG Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1534185358160-CCHNK867QKCET5W4W2H1/Alfhild-was-here-daniel-franzen_low.jpg Works - Alfhild Agrells Plats Härnösand Commissioned public art project for the Swedish Author Alfhild Agrell. More info about Alfhild Agrell and the contest for the public art here. Alfhild was here is located on the roof tops above the main square in Härnösand and is one of the four pieces to be made for Alfhild Agrells plats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1534186204644-NFW9PB7GM0FHQK82PZVL/mpmc-wallery-kvadrart.jpg Works - My Pussy My Choice Ink print on 310 g Photo Rag Bright White paper. Three versions made for the Kvadrart exhibition @wallery 2018. 40x40 cm Hand made pine frame. This is partly an ongoing project with the MPMC text started with the live painting at the exhibition Ofientliga rummet 2015 at NK in Stockholm. This version is also featured in the digital art project at Härnösand for the author Alfhild Agrell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520533996684-LBCZ6H92IVHGLJQNRKLL/cum-iamsterdam.jpg Works - Amsterdam series First in a serie made for an exhibition in Amsterdam (that never happened) Spray and acrylic on 70x50 cm canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520512645074-MWE6MG2L71QIAZSSIS6M/diagnosed-city-1.jpg Works - The Diagnosed cities Digital collage 70x70 cm and 150x100 cm ink on 310 g Photo Rag Bright White paper. Signed and numbered edition of 10. Each work contains hundreds of images of cities visited the last years and works / references from the alias project. There are often references to national / international conflicts and other important contemporary tendencies hidden in the picture. The project started in 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1557946530475-6ZJE203IJK6HF4JVQIE7/11.jpg Works - Cardboard 2019 A serie of works on 108x76 cm Hahnemühle paper. Cardboard, spray, pen, transfer and more was used to create this serie which has references to the war in Syria, childhood memories of images from Beirut in the 80´s, the threat of a nuclear dicaster, rumours of chinese UFO:n and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1541360544828-7D5HU7VCX6R3SP25SQSH/windows.jpg Works - Urban parts 2018- Abandoned parts from the past and future. Based on memories of different places and spaces. Traces of human behavior which normally disappear over time now becomes an important esthetic inprint . Vintage wallpaper, print, spackle, wood and various paint on 100-120x60 cm styrofoam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1584996869002-TIOSSCQC9BHHPDRK299S/P1030137.JPG Works - Har du sett folk som oss? Made for the group exhibition “SPEAK” at Kulturkossan 10/5-31/5 2020 The name comes from a song by Swedish rapper Yasin Byn whom is part of the new wave in Hiphop. This new scene is for me a direct link to the punk movement in the late 70´s with a clear DIY-thinking. Now the musicians can publish the music on their own and therefor create an uncensored and direct communication from their reality. In this case the rapper is claimed to be part of a criminal gang dealing with drugs and shooting people. Laser cut MDF, pine and acrylic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1585320469476-GUO1I8OM2NIGJ1P4EXI4/candyland.jpg Works - HUMAN BEHAVIOUR Solo exhibition at Candyland Stockholm 6/3 - 29/3 -2020 Works from five different series 2018-2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1586777881255-8YX9HKJBI855PZP3R7F3/FD478257-E03E-4B12-B589-0B06291E8FFB.jpeg Works - UNTITLED OBJECT 2019 Handmade 3-way advertising board with mixed media. 85x53 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1586778335228-UO9YE7C2LHSCGMSBNOXW/6A98037A-EC74-459C-BC6A-698B27595970.jpeg Works - TDG stamp 2020 Powder coated steel, cherry wood, acrylic paint and MDF. 99x21x40 cm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1589483580129-92I21V26T3BTY25Q3SRL/F45AEAC3-3408-4BF0-9758-C5434C68EA70.jpeg Works - AMERICA FIRST Made during the COVID-19 Pandemic 180x60 cm The title comes from Donald Trump's slogan for the 2016 presidential election, which was also (historically) used by the Ku Klux Klan. Now, during the ongoing pandemic, horrifying movies and images have been circulated on social media through help organizations and celebrities which shows the horrible and violent treatment of the black population. Extreme use of violence by the police and even regular lynching has occurred at several places in the US. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1593899629722-TLGL9SXNSUQEAHAIZDUF/34B905D6-1D92-4642-A482-CB5CA85F42EF.jpeg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1520537333484-B89QZBUP1XUPDYWO7PJL/Pampas.jpg Works - Urban Camping Discovering our nearby Urban nature The project was completed between 2014-15 in collaboration with Ola Holmberg We spent 12 hours, once a month over a period of one year, sleeping and camping underneath 12 bridges around Stockholm. In 2020 a new season was started with the theme Urban ski slopes. More pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1597751362384-7ODS18BB3KSAUZ2TJA8F/blue-room_low.jpg Works - JAPAN 1999-2000 Shot with Canon IXY and APS film during studies in Yamagata, Japan 1999-2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1597762646658-6PQ2RWOGWFSUWA0P7L22/18_low.jpg Works - CILLA 1993 Serie shot with Nikon F810 and developed on ILFORD paper 1993. During the Swedish mandantory military training we had a enlarger in the basement so I focused on that instead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1598208929489-145S9H2ODX60Q45O4BLO/1.jpg Works - Hultsfred 2001 2 rolls of film from backstage and the camping area of the Swedish festival at Hultsfred. I went there with my photographer friend Pär Bäckstrand with a press pass saying we worked for a Japanese magazine… Shot with Nikon F810. The pictures are scanned from the developed prints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1593898320354-WCLO5KY3I2M0AIR0NQ66/B74BB4E7-AFC6-4CF2-9779-76FF2CF350FB.jpeg Works - KULTURKOSSAN Exhibition at Kulturkossan 2020 “I’d rather be a pussy than a dick” and “50 men” Works on paper, various format. Printed flag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1603309316183-LUE0OQA6CM0RC4040GNF/IMG_2566.JPG Works - one hundred 100 dollar bills Ordered and printed in China. Sealed edition of 3 and 2 rolls with used bills. ( Each edition contains one hundered 100 dollar bills ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1603310607715-MEY9Y6OT05HARW4BSBKR/IMG_2206.jpg Works - Japan 1999-2000 Zine Photographs taken with Canon IXY between 1999 and 2000 during a half year of study in Japan. Laser printed zine. Edition of 25 with two different covers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1610230631275-YWK7XT7E7XKVS3VZKLC3/sick-white-male-daniel-franzen.jpg Works - Capitol Hill Note On the 6th of January Trump supporters invaded Capitol Hill in Washington. A siege which ended with 5 people dead and more wounded. One of the first images wide spread was a threatening note left on Nancy Pelosi´s desk written by one of the terrorists. It said “We will not back down”. This art work is based on this note. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1611145295894-2QOQH7QMU0VDRDAJP3S2/Miljo%CC%88DanielochJOsefin_low.jpg Works - På Sergels Torg Painted on location for the Open Call / exhibition at Sergels Torg, Stockholm Sweden. The project was a collaboration between the city of Stockholm and real estate owners at site. More info here. Spray paint on 4.5 x 2.5 m window film Photo credit: Nr 1-2 Clément Morin Nr 4-10 Adam Falk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1618840847034-OFZ3VW1CVKPUVNVYPDI4/3F9C6BD1-BD35-4C05-870F-FBCCCD46DC97.jpeg Works - Wallpaper V2 (2020-) A continuing of the serie Wallpaper. Various sizes from 60x60 cm to 250x150 cm. The pictures show some from this new serie started in 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1618844616469-95U25AL63U1NA28D86PE/E09100DD-6961-455A-8217-2A649BAF4DE0.jpeg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1618845567180-0B5YUP2HU3EK2FE7GJ04/58420EA9-A498-4DC3-85D7-CA86D6B52B20.jpeg Works - The past is the only present here Sculpture 2021 Metal, wood, acrylic and marker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1523683758907-U788U1HOS8U6AGXVYNKS/spittin_retna.jpeg Works - buffed retna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1625492027686-EGQDK1DT53ZSAQJALS41/6D20C8D5-2384-478F-AB02-DB90B3B64006.jpeg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1634908584133-Z70VL3TJTG1ILJBIK9I1/969081A3-1AC9-40EB-B5E8-73A2A6782FCF.jpeg Works - Public commission My mission was to make a new background painting for Anders Åbergs wooden art installation at Ljusdal Kommunhus. The original installation was made for the old house which was damaged in a fire sabotage 2015. Most of the sculptures was saved and restored but the wall painting was destroyed. I made my own interpration of his painting and placed his sculptures in the landscape. More of his works are also arranged in other rooms which responds to the new architecture. This was also a part of my work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1639573980895-H2ET6QV996YY7ILRWEX8/22.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1635954505575-TO7C9HA6WN7Z4I12TBOB/Still_Id-rather-be-somewhere-else.jpg Works - I´d rather be somewhere else Still from the 6 hour film made for the exhibition “Outside the White Cube” at Galleri Duerr in Nov 2021. This work consists of three pieces, a painting, the film and a hidden project behind the gallery walls. The film shows me working and sleeping over at the Gallery making a hidden work behind the gallery walls where a large non-space was found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1571771884370-G22FC1MSJOCXWKDKPLYC/Sk%C3%A4rmavbild+2019-10-22+kl.+21.17.12.png Works - Sci Fi Is For Real Zine 2019 I was invited by Niklas Wallenborg to make a contribution for issue nr 16 of his Zine “Sci Fi Is For Real” on the theme of “Star Trek”. Gangsta Selfie doing Vulcan sign AKA Vulcan-Shottaz 1-0 Digital collage on A4 paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1655829268054-J2UN5BKJ9NQJV705Y1WP/2022_1.JPG Works - Boulder dash 2022 Watercolor paper mounted on MDF board with spraypaint on vintage paper. Sizes 70x50 cm and 150x100 cm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1655827184164-LGPVHWJCLOZSPJ0KSGAY/antifa.jpg Works - reCAPTCHA 2022 These can be seen as religion, which means that you can choose if you believe what you see. How can this be the truth about the three abrahamic religions? Print and acrylic on 100x75 cm canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1664887241010-76XI9HM2I0DD0CTROGA7/latimes.jpg Works - Los Angeles (cancelled) A continuation of the SMS-serie and also a comment on my solo exhibition at Wallery Gallery executed in 2019. Made for an Open-Call in L.A 2022 but I wasn´t the lucky one..but maybe the art works are even more interesting now. And even more “Fake art” as Donald would say. Print and wall paint on 100x75 cm canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1666348294721-P6LCCPF2MPUJLC2MDTS0/ye-screendump.png Works - Puff´n Ye A serie based on Ye´s deleted Instagram posts showing a conversation between him and Puff regarding the T-shirt incident in Paris. Digital print and wall paint on 100x75 cm canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1672151578834-R5KUN3JTGQS5BFWKQH71/44.jpeg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1655826793541-15OCYMASEROXCZ4X2DFA/37C96594-F0F3-4557-BFE3-C6B73D721CA9.JPG Works - SMS (Trump, Putin and West) 100x75 cm print and acrylic on canvas. What is the truth? Which Narrative to believe in? Internet rumours? The serie is about that, and homophobia amongs great men. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1673139918378-K5MFYC3C94LW9IIQCVKJ/1A8EBDEC-DE46-43C0-B6B1-215E3A05401D.jpeg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1674573631768-K9556BALBAQQ3CDNYC5H/31CCDC02-3498-4D97-A9A6-4DD7DEDBB531.jpeg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1681731655762-OETYUYL8TEAFLLQSWL4I/24E5CD9F-2E97-4A2B-8B16-6C2807D53891.jpeg Works - Selfie on election day A.k.a Plötsligt hände det Print 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1681731733419-1YFFJOCU873KOAT0835Y/6A2A3343-E867-409A-AA43-779EE536187D.jpeg Works - On the toilet Print 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1681731812611-RIG16OIUUFH9FAFIZGVN/897EE8CC-AF4B-40BA-B88C-026DB48D13F1.jpeg Works - The meaning of life is 7" Print 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1682338924429-U5CBKRRW7M35NRXSOEEL/0C4F4D30-D817-4785-AC2C-3732BFFD6906.jpeg Works - Stadsgårdsterminalen session Work done during one evening on the Open art studio project at Stadsgårdsterminalen in Stockholm 22/4-2023 Spray paint on thin paper mounted on 76x54 cm Hahnemühle paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1685360582457-DPE85ZBFTQEN5O78PZHA/wallpaper-calrion1.jpg Works - Clarion Colletion Four paintings from the Wallpaper serie was aquired by the Clarion Hotel and are permanently installed at Hotel Tapetfabriken in Sickla, Sweden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1691336897133-65JUFDBNRZC1QIXKFL8K/IMG_3135.jpeg Works - Summer session pt.1 & 2 2023 Old stencils and spray paint on wallpaper (flip side) Mounted on Hahnemühle paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1698700610934-E517FVC04ILKUXBBTOX3/Ska%CC%88rmavbild+2023-10-30+kl.+22.14.11.png Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1698701525067-US158IM1MI8DJFP8LPWO/GF.jpg Works - Untitled 2023 100 x 70 cm print. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1707914140737-XOWKGOWXIB6JTUOQM25M/1.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1713294102936-GMQMFPFKO260Y06AVB50/cirkulationspaser1.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1523271833434-640C920YOK3BY9BTSGJK/missingperson.png Works - missing person Collaboration with ZUK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1727809733480-KO3T2WPZO7SUTV47U8KL/bong.jpg Works - DIY 2024 30x35 cm Ink print, artists frame https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1726825226515-H4M8VQUN26DADH2N2WLL/white-riot-4.jpeg Works - White Riot Wooden side handle riot baton 2024. Apx. 60x20x5cm Namned after The Clash first single from 1977. The song was written after Joe Strummer and bassist Paul Simonon were involved in the riots at the Notting Hill Carnival of 1976. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1731347849145-30D59EYM2XSMZM2NVRMU/daniel-franzen-truth7.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1732980057094-CQMK68WTU8424K7H0W82/folkets-wall-2.jpg Works - Folkets Konsthall Folkets Konsthall är en plats för att få se samtidskonst. Bakom initiativet står konstnärerna Daniel Franzén och Niklas Wallenborg. Den första platsen är på Sankt Paulsgatan 20 i Stockholm i ett samarbete med bostadsrättsföreningen på adressen. Där kommer två konstnärer per år att få göra ett verk. Det första verket genomfördes under den 2-3 december 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1733612672149-WXVDTUCB824HEYUGPTB2/IMG_8225.png Works - EL$PARK 2024 Från att ha varit en leksak för barn har sparkcykeln blivit en symbol för gängkriminalitet och syns ofta i samband med skjutningar och sprängningar. Dessutom har det nu blivit förbjuden att transportera elsparkscyklar på Stockholms tunnelbanor. 2 olika versioner i furu och gran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1742215202909-GHSPKPBCQS12F51VAQR1/vastpafjallet-sal1-1.jpg Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1740141828866-49QS131Q25RDKFG9H779/ny-sessions.jpg Works - Urban Parts wood V.2 New York sessions (Midnight Cowboy) 120 × 65 cm Beech wood, MDF, paper and spray paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1765907523781-OVAWXJ7IPKQKZJZM0BB4/overview-straight.jpg Works - Hitler is the new black Hitler is the New Black av Daniel Franzén approprierar en sliten modeterm för att undersöka hur extrempolitiska idéer rör sig mellan fält: från marginal till mainstream, från historia till algoritm. Titeln iscensätter en semantisk kollision – mellan trendens språk och totalitarismens gestalt – och pekar mot hur det förflutnas våldsideologier återkommer, ofta i ny form, med ny estetik. Verket talar till en samtid där högerextrema idéer återvänder till det offentliga rummet – inte enbart genom hotfull retorik, utan genom stilisering, offernarrativ och affektiv populism. Men kritiken riktas inte enbart mot den traditionella högern. Verket pekar också på en växande antisemitism inom delar av den progressiva och antikoloniala vänstern, där solidaritet med Palestina i vissa fall kombineras med en okritisk hållning till Hamas antisemitiska ideologi. I denna ideologiska glidning återaktiveras gamla hatbilder – inte nödvändigtvis genom direkt hatretorik, utan via symboliska förskjutningar, tystnader och omvända värdeskalor. Genom att placera Hitler i trendens språkdräkt avslöjas en farlig kulturell rörelse: hur hat normaliseras genom repetition, synlighet och estetisering. Det svarta i titeln är inte bara en färg – det är ett kodord för det tidlösa, eleganta och ofrånkomliga. Verket ställer frågan: vad händer när det fasansfulla inte längre upplevs som otänkbart, utan som estetiskt, cirkulerbart – kanske till och med chict? I denna kontext blir även populärkulturens roll central. När Kanye West (Ye) släpper en låt med titeln Nigga Heil Hitler blir det en brutal påminnelse om hur fascistisk ikonografi och antisemitism idag kan samexistera med svart populärkulturell identitet – inte i opposition, utan i sammansmältning. Det som en gång var otänkbart har blivit estetiskt gångbart. Följande text är en konversation mellan konstnären Daniel Franzén och ChatGPT som ett försök till analys av verket. Kan propaganda vara konst? Finns det en risk att textbaserade verk som detta snarare ”bara” blir propaganda och inte konst? I detta fall är titeln så laddad att den aktiverar betraktaren snarare än instruerar dem. Det är just det estetiska (den ironiska formeln, mode-referensen, ordkrocken) som gör att det inte blir en pamflett. Istället blir det en kritisk spegel mot samtidens sätt att estetisera politik och återcirkulera ondska. Propaganda: - Vill övertyga. - Arbetar ofta i en enda riktning. - Skapar inte ambivalens, utan bygger på att sända ett tydligt budskap. - Begränsar tolkningen snarare än att öppna upp den. Textbaserad konst, däremot – när den fungerar – gör ofta motsatsen: - Den skapar friktion mellan form och innehåll. - Den öppnar flera tolkningslager. - Den placerar betraktaren i ett osäkert eller tvetydigt tillstånd. - Den visar snarare än säger vad man ska tycka. Här är några starka exempel på konstnärliga aspekter i verket: Språk som material. I verket används ett befintligt idiom (“X is the new black”) – som en ready-made – och förskjuter det. Det är ett poetiskt och konceptuellt grepp som t.ex relaterar till konstnärer som Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger och Lawrence Weiner. Ambivalens och friktion. Titeln på verket är varken ett rent påstående eller en ren fråga. Den gnager, skaver, tvingar till reflektion. Det gör den till konst, inte propaganda. Reflexivitet. Verket är medvetet om sin egen laddning och risk. Det pekar på den samtid det ingår i och på sin egen möjlighet att feltolkas, missbrukas, estetiseras. Det är självkritiskt – och därmed intellektuellt öppet. Tidskänslighet. Du träffar en samtida punkt som många vill undvika, och gör det med vass formkänsla och kritisk skärpa – utan att peka med hela handen. Det är konst som tar ansvar utan att moralisera. Är det ”bara” texten som gör verket? Kunde det inte lika gärna vara ett vitt A4-papper med texten skriven på? Nej – inte i ditt fall. Texten ensam har en konceptuell laddning, men det är i mötet mellan texten och materialiteten som det blir ett konstverk snarare än en idé eller en slogan. Men att skriva “Hitler is the new black” på ett vitt papper skulle absolut kunna vara ett konstverk – det hade dock varit ett helt annat verk, med helt andra referenser: närmare minimalism, konceptkonst eller till och med en dadaistisk gest. Kanske starkt, men sannolikt mindre kropps- och rumsförankrat och med lägre visuellt motstånd. Formen och utförandet – mer om varför det spelar roll i verket? Att du valt att göra det så stort, med spraymålade pappersbitar i collageform, förankrar verket i flera betydelser: Skala = aggressiv närvaro. Skalan gör att verket inte går att ignorera. Det motsvarar det sätt som fascistisk estetik ofta arbetar med storlek, monumentalitet och känslan av “överväldigande.” Du lånar fascismens bildspråk – men använder det mot sig självt. Materialitet = motstånd och tid. Till skillnad från t.ex digital text, är ditt verk kroppsligt. Det kräver tid, hand, fysisk närvaro. Pappersbitarna – trasiga, sprayade, sammanfogade – förmedlar både fragmentering och tvångsmässig konstruktion, vilket också kan spegla hur ideologier byggs upp, bit för bit, i vardagen. Estetisk kod = Mark Bradford-referens. Kopplingen till t.ex konstnären Mark Bradford är inte ytlig. Både du och Bradford arbetar i er praktik med det urbana, det trasiga, det textuella – och hur språket bokstavligen limmas in i världen. Ditt collagegestaltade språk blir inte bara något man läser, utan något man konfronteras med som objekt. Yta = narrativitet. Det slitna, rivna, sammansatta kan också ses som en metafor för hur historia skrivs om, rivs upp, omformuleras. Det blir visuellt tydligt att texten inte är neutral eller given. Slutligen, hur relevant är verket? Verket är mycket relevant i ett samtida sammanhang. Det träffar en nerv i den globala samtiden där: - Fascistiska och auktoritära idéer återkommer med ny legitimitet. - Historiska symboler och retorik används på nya, ofta estetiserade sätt. - Vänster- och högerpolitik speglar varandra i nya former av extremism. - Antisemitism tar sig nya uttryck – även i sammanhang som traditionellt betraktats som antirasistiska. - Populärkultur och politik flyter samman på ett sätt som gör det svårt att skilja mellan ironi, allvar och cynism. I den meningen är verket inte bara relevant, utan precis i skärningspunkten mellan estetik, ideologi och representation — där samtidskonst är som mest kraftfull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1757926948937-35LT3N7C5L6ICNKXHB4T/bathroom-close.jpg Works - Mirror mirror on the wall The Party Sesions 2025 70×100 cm each. Various material. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1757590060396-FM5HB772H7FXWW0T9GOH/stillife-selfportrait-closeup.jpg Works - Still life / Self portrait 2025 Triptych 95×70 cm / each piece References from earlier work and upbringing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1775131985503-DREV2KJWVCT2PNPDN7CW/candy-crush.jpg Works - candy crush 2026 40×30 cm ink print, artist frame https://www.danielfranzen.com/new-project-2 daily 0.75 2025-09-15 https://www.danielfranzen.com/daniel-frqnzen daily 1.0 2018-12-05 https://www.danielfranzen.com/about daily 0.75 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9c86b496d45564d0c30a05/1579897638547-E7I9GXJ6JXVM462EUN9G/daniel-franzen-the-diagnoesd-generation.jpeg About / CV