Olof Marsja, The Shepherd, 2023. Courtesy of Olof Marsja and NEVVEN. Photography by David Eng

Founded in 2022, Public Service Gallery shows an innovative programme with a global outlook, by showcasing a wide array of visual proposals, from emerging and mid-career artists.

Join us for the release of "A Bunch of Sculptures Dreaming of the Light", the first monograph dedicated to the Gothenburg based Swedish artist Olof Marsja. Through a length of almost 300 pages, a selection of roughly 150 images, and a critical apparatus featuring essays from the internationally renowned curator Johan Deurell, and author and sound artist Pär Thörn, joined by a long interview with curator Mattia Lullini, the book presents in full the first 9 years' practice of one of the most relevant artists of his generation in Sweden. From his institutional debut as the winner of the Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation Grant to his latest exhibitions at the Gothenburg Museum of Art and Buffalo AKG Art Museum, this publication celebrates and opens to the public the full spectrum and richness of Marsja's sculptural world, where pop culture and industrial design meet history and traditions connected to his Sámi heritage and Duodji (Sámi craft), and a wide range of materials and techniques join together addressing questions of identity, history and our contemporary world.

The book is published by NEVVEN EDITIONS, the independent publishing house of the Gothenburg based art gallery NEVVEN. During the release event, the artist will be present and sign copies of the book.

This event is organised on the occasion of Olof Marsja's solo exhibition "A Gathering of Watchers, Seers and Geists Discussing the Probability of Them Experiencing the True Light", co-organised by Public Service Gallery and NEVVEN.