Mikael Wahrby

Title: Kaknästornet
Technique: Etching
Edition: 50
Image dimensions: 38.5 x 28.5 cm
Paper dimensions: 55x43 cm

Mikael Wahrby was born in 1952 in Hägersten and he still lives and works there today. In the 1970s he was a student at the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm, where he also worked as a lecturer in copper printing from1994 to 2010. Since the end of the 1970s, he has been active in his own copper printing workshop.

Kaknästornet
Telestyrelsen's link tower for radio and TV, restaurant and viewing platform (now closed to visitors). With a height of 161 meters, the concrete tower is a significant dominant in the urban landscape. Diagonally placed squares build up a distinct volume.