Kurt Johannessen is a Norwegian artist who works primarily in performance and installation. Since the early 1980s he has produced upwards of 160 works across the mediums of performance, video, installation, and artists books, and has had more than 300 presentations all over the world. His work is characterized by a minimalist and poetic presence with a touch of humour. He is his own publisher and has produced more than 60 books, many of them translated into English. The books vary in form from just one sentence to short stories to only pictures.
Kurt Johannessen
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