Operator - Limited edition

The acts that make us.

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"Operator continues the Figurative stream as a portrait of identity as pattern, defined by continuation not representation. What repeats, what persists, what becomes legacy."

Operator

Hand-signed and numbered Limited Edition.


1,532.00 kr
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  • Signed and editioned by hand
  • Printed by Atelier Kalle Hellzén in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Archival pigment print on heavyweight metallic fine art paper
  • Certificate of authenticity included

Paper sizes include a gallery border.

Scale 0, Open edition
Paper: 11⅓" × 17" (29 × 43 cm)
Image: 8" × 12" (20 × 30 cm)
Gallery border: 1⅔" sides (4 cm), 2½" top and bottom (6.5 cm)
Framing suggestion: Fits well in 40 × 50 cm frames with a mount, or in 33 × 43 cm (13" × 17") frames, or float-mounted

Scale I, Edition of 63
Paper: 17" × 25.5" (43 × 65 cm)
Image: 12" × 18" (30 × 45 cm)
Gallery border: 2.5" sides (6 cm), 3.75" top and bottom (10 cm)
Framing suggestion: Fits well in 50 × 70 cm frames, typically with a mount, or float-mounted.

Scale II, Edition of 21
Paper: 24" × 36" (61 × 91 cm)
Image: 18" × 27" (46 × 69 cm)
Gallery border: 3" sides (8 cm), 4.5" top and bottom (11 cm)
Framing suggestion: A direct fit for 24" × 36" frames (often sold as 61 × 91 cm).

Scale III, Edition of 7
Paper: 36" × 54" (91 × 137 cm)
Image: 28" × 42" (71 × 107 cm)
Gallery border: 4" sides (10 cm), 6" top and bottom (15 cm)
Framing suggestion: Best framed professionally, either float-mounted or with a wide mount in a custom frame.

Scale IV, Edition of 1
Paper: Paper width 50" (127 cm), includes additional margin outside gallery borders with crop marks for handling and framing.
Finished paper (trim to): 44" × 66" (112 × 168 cm)
Image: 36" × 54" (91 × 137 cm)
Gallery border (on trimmed size): 4" sides (10 cm), 6" top and bottom (15 cm)

Framing suggestion: Intended for professional gallery mounting (float mount, aluminium backing, or a bespoke frame).
Framing suggestion: Intended for professional gallery mounting (float mount, aluminium backing, or a bespoke frame).

Note on measurements: Inch measurements are exact. Centimetre values are rounded for legibility.

Operator continues the Figurative stream, a daily practice and body of work that begins with the load of being human, what I often describe as melancholy dipped in sunshine. A warmth that does not erase the bruise, it makes it liveable.

In Operator, the figurative is distilled into a different kind of portraiture. Identity is not treated as confession, it is treated as pattern. The “I” is not a noun, it is an act. The self is not representation, but continuation. Much art performs identity. This refuses it. The self is behaviour, and what repeats becomes legacy.

The work does not ask to be decoded as a message. It wants to be felt as an after-effect. Intention can begin movement, but it does not contain the result. Meaning arrives while we go about our lives, as consequence beyond intention. What happens becomes the author, the part that remains after it has passed through time, material, and system.

The work is painted by hand on a screen and realised as archival pigment prints on metallic fine art paper. This transition is not just a production step, it is part of the authorship. The surface behaves like skin, holding marks, shifts, and texture, because what is real needs to have friction.

Hahnemühle Photo Rag Metallic
340 gsm, 100% cotton
Natural white, without optical brighteners
Sophisticated surface texture with a unique, silvery-shimmering metallic effect
Acid and lignin-free
ISO 9706 compliant, museum quality for high age resistance
Ultrachrome® Pro12 Pigment Ink

Handle by the edges. Keep out of direct sunlight and high humidity.

Subtle variation between screen and print is expected; the physical surface of the metallic carries depth and tonal behaviour that screens cannot reproduce.

All works are shipped with tracked delivery. Insurance is included where available through our shipping partners. We ship to collectors worldwide.

Limited editions typically dispatch within 5 to 10 business days after order date.