Frank paints in an idea world, where all the big questions exists. Politics, environment, sex, philosophy and so on. Where and who are we and where are we going.

About the artist: Swedish artist, born 1960. Autodidact. Frank Björklunds debuted as an exhibitor in Östersund in 1985. The first paintings testified to his admiration for the Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte, who became his great idol. However, Björklund considered that he was a rather clumsy artist, then Dalí was better as a painter. He, on the other hand, could stay awake for two or three days to be able to see dimly, but it's nothing for me, says Björklund. Björklund's surreal and humorous images cannot be compared to any other Swedish artist. Possibly he feels a certain friendship with GAN, the Swedish surrealist, Gösta Adrian Nilsson, who today is counted among Sweden’s greatest artists from the twentieth century. Nowadays, Björklund is such a technical virtuoso that he can paint like Caravaggio. Fabrics, shadows and lights, surfaces of all kinds. He reads lots of books in all sorts of genres, "it fills up the store of ideas", when he wants to relax he plays hard rock. About his motifs Frank paints in an idea world, where all the big questions exists. Politics, environment, sex, philosophy and so on. Where and who are we and where are we going. The painting goes where the idea takes it. Whichever it´s a still life, a landscape or portraying man, the idea rules. He uses renaissance allegory’s, everyday objects and modern icons to give you clues where the painting is heading. Because it´s all a journey. He paints in the surreal tradition with a modern twist. As Frank says: - You´ve got to honor your heroes. That´s why he has a mind like Magritte and follows the painting technique of Dali.