My second Lovify portrait. This one of a painter who goes by the name FASOM.
The anchor tattoo
When I first saw them I didn't
understand. The rough doll with hollow eyes, an anchor tattoo and
mouth stitched together. I couldn't see any deeper meaning behind
it... until I had a conversation with the artist behind it – Sebastian Orhevacki Månsson.
It was a sunny summer saturday when he
opened up a beer and his mind.
The youngster days had been tough for
him, surrounded by drugs and violence. With the sailor that was his
best friend's dad and his own dad in jail as role models things were
bound to get troublesome. At a young age he adapted a destructive
lifestyle and started getting into fights. ”I really felt like a
king” he said about those years, ”but I was on the wrong side of
the finish line.”
The limp arms
At 9th grade Sebastian
decided to change things around, so he started dressing ”decent”
and then went to study business and administration. To prove a point
to his hippie mom he set out to get the good life with the job, the
money, the car and all. He started
drinking alot. Sebastian was jumping between different part time jobs
and constant partying (in the style of Ozzy Osbourne in the 70s)
never knowing ”What happened? where am I? How did I get here? Who
is this?” One day when he was unusually sober his head just started
spinning and it all came tumbling down.
The hollow eyes
He woke up on the floor. Shattered
glass, cold sweat and a heart going BADABADABADABADABAM (thank you
Joey Jordison of Slipknot for demonstrating this on drums). This was
his first panic attack and it was the door into a dark path of
horrible nightmares, therapy and prescribed medication that he didn't
take. He had such bad dreams he didn't dare to rest because he feared
for his life. So after losing 15 kg of his body weight and many
nights of sleep he had a vision. It was clear.
A zipper across the face
He had felt like a
puppet with a zipper mouth, slaving away for the companies, the society and all the roles one was expected to play. but now all the falling apart started falling together. Into a piece - which became his first painting.
This was some time ago and he's been an active voice for young artists in Växjö ever since. Together we did a live painting collaboration and art exhibition at Växjö Kulturbazaar last fall. If you want to see more of his artworks I suggest you vivit his FASOM page.
No more nights and no more days
You can also see him as the chaotic main character in Lanterna Magica Film's "No more nights and no more days" (original title: Ingen natt och ingen dag). The opening will be 28th of March at Palladium in Växjö. Although if you wish to see it I must advise you to book your ticket soon. A little birdie told me they're almost sold out!
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