Jonatan Leandoer Håstad: Inside the Aesthetic Universe of Collected Works 2016-2026
- Artist Jonatan Leandoer Håstad, widely known as Yung Lean, presents the exhibition "Collected Works 2016–2026" at the Stockholm gasworks, featuring a collection of his paintings, ceramics, collage, and...
- The exhibition venue has been temporarily converted into a salon, chill-out zone, and screening room, showcasing an array of media produced over the past decade.
- Andersson compares Leandoer Håstad's trajectory to Magnus Uggla's 1975 output, identifying both as Stockholm-born artists who draw beauty from sources typically rejected by conservative cultural environments.
Artist Jonatan Leandoer Håstad, widely known as Yung Lean, presents the exhibition “Collected Works 2016–2026” at the Stockholm gasworks, featuring a collection of his paintings, ceramics, collage, and film. According to Aftonbladet Kultur critic Kristofer Andersson, the retrospective presents an aesthetic universe where Public Image Ltd, the Bible, and random YouTube clips hold equal weight.
Inside the Stockholm Gasworks Exhibition Spaces
The exhibition venue has been temporarily converted into a salon, chill-out zone, and screening room, showcasing an array of media produced over the past decade. Andersson notes that the installation serves as a close look inside the artist’s mindset, featuring paintings, urklippscollage, and short films. Visitors can rest while watching video clips about mushrooms on an antique Philips cathode-ray tube television. A central component of the exhibition is the short film “Slåtter,” directed by Hanna Nilsson and Rasmus Svensson. The film features a script co-written by Leandoer Håstad, Ellen Åkerman, Nilsson, and Svensson. Set at a Småland croft, the film borrows its visual language from Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s 1990 feature “Close-Up,” incorporating ambient soundscapes from the project Grandma’s Cottage.
Career Context and Postmodern Influences
Andersson compares Leandoer Håstad’s trajectory to Magnus Uggla’s 1975 output, identifying both as Stockholm-born artists who draw beauty from sources typically rejected by conservative cultural environments. This approach reflects a postmodern sensibility that rejects traditional literary hierarchy in favor of digital formats like TikTok reels. The exhibition follows the 2025 release of “256 GB,” a 600-page photobook compiling images from the artist’s mobile library. The collection documents a decade of coming of age during the 2010s through casual photography that parallels the stylistic impact of the 1965 book “Take Ivy,” which documented American Ivy League students.