Per Olof Ultvedt

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1927-07-05

Deathday 2006-11-21 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Kemi, Finland

Per Olof Ultvedt

Biography

Born in 1927. Artist, professor at the Royal University College of Fine Arts 1968-78. After he studied painting at the Royal University College of Fine arts, an encounter with Tinguely's mobile sculptures in 1955 fuelled Ultvedts interest in mobiles. He constructs mechanic sculptures and raised patterns in painted wood where the movement travels through the composition via driving-wheels and straps. The sculptures often have a human connection: the movement becomes a awkward, humorous gesture with a touch of Chaplinesque melancholy. The film ‘Nära ögat’ is a visual game with graphic forms in black and white.

Known For

Director

1958
Nära ögat

as Director

Actor

1982
1966