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Jermayn
- Sep 14, 2017
- 4 min
New Phantom Art Exhibition in Sweden
Phantom art exhibitions seem to be all the rage these days. We all know of the Tour that Never seems to End downunder, The Phantom Art Show co-curated by Peter Kingston and Dietmar Lederwasch, which recently opened and is currently showing at the Manly Art Gallery in Sydney after a near-three year run around Australia. Then of course, there has been Swede Martin Dahlström’s homage to Wilson McCoy, the Godfather of Pop display, which we have also reported on extensively here o
Jermayn
- Mar 20, 2017
- 5 min
Exclusive Interview with Martin Thomas Dahlström - Creator of the McCoy Swedish Exhibition
The team at ChronicleChamber have been privileged to be able to interview Martin Thomas Dahlström - creator of the McCoy Swedish Exhibition. We find out about the process, how his love was birthed and the joy he had in getting in contact with Wilson McCoy's grandson Bruce, who came over for the opening and shared his own stories about Wilson and his family. The exhibit was created and developed by Swedish culture journalist, filmer and artist Martin Thomas Dahlström, which he
Jermayn
- Feb 26, 2017
- 1 min
Wilson McCoy's Fantomen Exhibit in Sweden
In February 2017, the exhibit "Wilson McCoys Fantomen" opened at the Borås Konstmuseum in Borås, Sweden. It is the world´s first large-scale exhibition at a big art museum dedicated to Wilson McCoy, who drew the Phantom from 1942 until 1961. Two large galleries and a 15 meters corridore at the museum pay tribute to Wilson's life and unmistakable style of drawing and shows its similarities in estethical strategies with upcoming pop art. The exhibit features original comic artw
Jermayn
- Jan 10, 2017
- 2 min
The Phantom on Display
Two of the best The Phantom gallery exhibitions of recent times are back in 2017! In Australia, three years after Bradley Peach's Phantom collection was displayed at the Albury museum, it is back! And on the other side of the globe, the hugely successful Swedish exhibition curated by Martin Dahlström that started in 2016 will return. This time the display is solely focused on, in my opinion, the most underrated Phantom artist: Wilson McCoy. Dahlström's 2016 exhibition is cons
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