Jan-Erik Lundström
Jan-Erik Lundström is the
director of BildMuseet, Umeå, a museum of contemporary art and visual
culture, and a freelance curator, critic and cultural organizer. Among
his latest exhibitions are Politics of Place, Killing Me Softly (Tirana
Biennial), Projects for a Revolution (Mois de la Photo, Montreal),
Double Vision (Prague Biennale) and Same, Same, but Different. He is
the chief curator of the coming Berlin Photography Festival, Sep 05. He
is the author of numerous books, including Nordic Landscapes, Tankar om
fotografi, Irving Penn and Horizons: Towards a Global Africa. He is an
advisor and consultant of contemporary African art for The Museum of
World Cultures in Gothenburg. Lundström is a prolific international
lecturer and writer, contributor to symposia internationally and to
cultural magazines such as Glänta, European Photography, Paletten, tema
celeste.
