Staffan Jacobson

Lars Staffan Jacobson, born June 9, 1948, is a Swedish art historian and author.

During the latter part of the 1960s he became politically active.[1] According to Jacobson he first became active in the Third World movement, then the Peace movement and since then for libertarian socialism.[2] In 1990 he published a book on graffiti art, Spraykonst and the same year he won the Swedish-American Foundation's (Sverige-Amerikastiftelsens) research scholarship in the USA.[3] In 1996 his doctoral thesis Den spraymålade bilden (The Spray-painted Picture) was released. During the 2000s he published books on different subjects, some autobiographical.

Selected bibliography
  • Spraykonst - graffiti från tecken till bild. Åhus: Kalejdoskop. Libris 7676163. ISBN 91-7936-045-9 (1990)
  • Den spraymålade bilden. Graffitimåleriet som bildform, konströrelse och läroprocess. Lund: Aerosol Art Archives. Libris 8362600. ISBN 91-628-2186-5 (1996)
  • Dialog om frihet. Roman om den heta sommaren i Lund 1968. Malmö: Radikal distribution. Libris 8365115. ISBN 91-631-0344-3 (2001)
  • Anarkismens återkomst. Lund: India Däck Bokcafé. Libris 10152775. ISBN 91-631-7098-1 (2006)
  • Staffan Jacobson: Målningar/Paintings 1978-2018. India Däck Bokcafé Förlag, Lund 2018. ISBN 978-91-639-6223-3
    S. Jacobson: Potlatch. Cornucopia, gems. Oil on panel, 2018.

    See also

    References
    1. Sydsvenskan, "Docent ville ge graffitin konststatus.", 14 april 2001
    2. Fria Tidningen, "Direktdemokrati - inte politikervälde", 16 juni 2006.
    3. Suzanne Bonnier, VD Sverige-Amerika Stiftelsen, in letter 23/4 1990.



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