Five paintings by Ulf Malmgren

"In five seconds I am going to wave my hand to Mikaela." (1990's) by Ulf Malmgren, 100 x 135 cm. Oil on canvas. From the "Red Lights in Amsterdam (1990-1995)" series.

"Kvinnorörelse 2 / Woman's movement 2" (1995) by Ulf Malmgren, 95 x 63 cm. Oil on canvas. From the "Red Lights in Amsterdam (1990-1995)" series.

"Kvinnorörelse 3 / Woman's movement 3" (1995-96) by Ulf Malmgren, 85 x 130 cm. Oil on canvas. From the "Red Lights in Amsterdam (1990-1995)" series.

"I logen på Cats / In the dressing-room at Cats" (1986) by Ulf Malmgren, 70 x 54 cm. Oil on canvas. From the "In Stockholm 1985 - 1988" series.

"Läsa tidningen / Reading the magazine" (1990) by Ulf Malmgren, 60 x 50 cm. Oil on canvas.

Ulf Malmgren (Hallstahammar, Sweden) lives in Stockholm. He painted continuously from 1981 but one day in 1995 he quit, forever, because "one day I looked around me in my small apartment with its growing number of unseen paintings, wrapped in protecting, brown paper. I was scared. Suddenly I was aware of that I had to stop. Forever.".

Maybe his decision had to do with the fact that most of his paintings have never been exhibited. He's looking for an art dealer though.

I really like his work, and I'm amazed by the lack of interest in it.