Carl Johan De Geer

Baron Carl Johan Louis De Geer af Finspång (born July 13, 1938) is a Swedish artist, writer, musician and friherre (baron) of the De Geer noble family.

De Geer was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He grew up in a castle in Skåne, in southern Sweden. He broke with his bourgeois background and became a leftist artist, and studied at Konstfack, University College of Art, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. He also exposed his grandmother's Nazi sympathies in a film called Mormor, Hitler och jag ("Grandmother, Hitler and I").

Most radical and provoking at that time was his 1967 painting of a burning Swedish Flag with the words KUKEN (COCK) and "Skända flaggan" (Desecrate the flag) written on it. The painting was shown in an art gallery, but was immediately confiscated by the police. Carl Johan De Geer has written a number of books and was also a member of the Swedish radical prog-band Blå Tåget. He has been married to the artist Marianne Lindberg de Geer, since 1987.

A Study in Unhuman Sexual Expectations is a Marianne Lindberg de Geer public art work located in the park Kungsträdgården in the City Centre of Stockholm. The statue was produced in 2006 and bought in 2009 by Stockholm konst. The location of the sculpture in the city centre and in a passage zone between objects of touristic interest (The Royal Palace, The Museum of Modern Art) makes it a big attraction for the tourists.

The work consists of two polished granite rabbits, one standing, the other one fallen on the ground. The characters represented in the statue are a trademark signature of the artist, related works being placed in other cities in Sweden (Mate Hunting, Borås).

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