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Leif Elggren (born 1950, Linköping, Sweden), is a Swedish artist who lives and works in Stockholm. Active since the late 1970s, Leif Elggren has become one of the most constantly surprising conceptual artists to work in the combined worlds of audio and visual. A writer, visual artist, stage performer and composer, he has many albums to his credits, solo and with the Sons of God, on labels such as Ash International, Touch, Radium and his own Firework Edition. His music, often conceived as the soundtrack to a visual installation or experimental stage performance, usually presents carefully selected sound sources over a long stretch of time and can range from quiet electronics to harsh noise. His wide-ranging and prolific body of art often involves dreams and subtle absurdities, social hierar

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  • Leif Elggren (born 1950, Linköping, Sweden), is a Swedish artist who lives and works in Stockholm. Active since the late 1970s, Leif Elggren has become one of the most constantly surprising conceptual artists to work in the combined worlds of audio and visual. A writer, visual artist, stage performer and composer, he has many albums to his credits, solo and with the Sons of God, on labels such as Ash International, Touch, Radium and his own Firework Edition. His music, often conceived as the soundtrack to a visual installation or experimental stage performance, usually presents carefully selected sound sources over a long stretch of time and can range from quiet electronics to harsh noise. His wide-ranging and prolific body of art often involves dreams and subtle absurdities, social hierar (en)
  • Leif Rune Kenneth Elggren, född 7 januari 1950 i Linköping, är en svensk konstnär. Leif Elggren har varit aktiv som konceptuell konstnär sedan slutet av 1970-talet och arbetar bland annat med performance-, text-, ljud-, bild- och installationskonst. Han har givit ut ett antal egna böcker, bland annat på bokförlaget som han grundade 1982 tillsammans med kollegan Thomas Liljenberg. Han har även givit ut ett flertal skivor i sitt eget namn eller som medlem av diverse grupper på skivbolag som , , Radium 226.05 och . Det senare driver han tillsammans med konstnären . Tankred bildar också tillsammans med Elggren performancegruppen . (sv)
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  • Leif Elggren (born 1950, Linköping, Sweden), is a Swedish artist who lives and works in Stockholm. Active since the late 1970s, Leif Elggren has become one of the most constantly surprising conceptual artists to work in the combined worlds of audio and visual. A writer, visual artist, stage performer and composer, he has many albums to his credits, solo and with the Sons of God, on labels such as Ash International, Touch, Radium and his own Firework Edition. His music, often conceived as the soundtrack to a visual installation or experimental stage performance, usually presents carefully selected sound sources over a long stretch of time and can range from quiet electronics to harsh noise. His wide-ranging and prolific body of art often involves dreams and subtle absurdities, social hierarchies turned upside-down, hidden actions and events taking on the quality of icons. Together with artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff, he is a founder of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland (KREV) where he enjoys the title of king. (en)
  • Leif Rune Kenneth Elggren, född 7 januari 1950 i Linköping, är en svensk konstnär. Leif Elggren har varit aktiv som konceptuell konstnär sedan slutet av 1970-talet och arbetar bland annat med performance-, text-, ljud-, bild- och installationskonst. Han har givit ut ett antal egna böcker, bland annat på bokförlaget som han grundade 1982 tillsammans med kollegan Thomas Liljenberg. Han har även givit ut ett flertal skivor i sitt eget namn eller som medlem av diverse grupper på skivbolag som , , Radium 226.05 och . Det senare driver han tillsammans med konstnären . Tankred bildar också tillsammans med Elggren performancegruppen . Han arbetar ofta med återkommande temata som maktförhållanden och maktsymboler, andlighet, absurditeter och existentiella frågor om liv och död. Under 2000-talet har han vid ett flertal tillfällen även arbetat på teman om virus och smittsamma sjukdomar. Hans tillvägagångssätt omfattar ofta tidsmässigt långa, ibland mycket långsamma, eller dolda skeenden inte sällan ljudsatta med egna kompositioner. Hans installationer innehåller ikonografiskt material som kungakronor och emblem, möbler och ofta de båda färgerna svart och gult. Tillsammans med Carl Michael von Hausswolff är han grundare av mikronationen Konungarikena Elgaland-Vargaland, där han, precis som Hausswolff, besitter titeln kung. Han representeras av galleriet Belenius i Stockholm. Elggren är representerad vid bland annat Göteborgs konstmuseum, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Norrköpings konstmuseum och Moderna Museet. (sv)
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