The Moderna Museet Collection
17 Mar - 30 Dec 2012
THE MODERNA MUSEET COLLECTION
Presented in a new way 2012!
17 March - 30 December, 2012
Why did Dick Bengtsson paint swastikas?
Rauschenberg, Lozano, Warhol, Matisse, Klein, Fahlström, Richier, Bacon, Rosler, Calder, Giacometti, Fontana... A successive rehanging of the collection will now take place, mixing famous classics with less well-known gems and new acquisitions. The art will include painting, sculpture, film, photography and works on paper.
From the end of the Second World War to the mid-1970s
The first part to open covers the period from the end of the Second World War to the mid-1970s. The presentation starts with works by Germaine Richier, Robert Rauschenberg and Francis Bacon – artists who sought in various ways to find new expressions in a dark era of war, social criticism and desperation.
One room will open that is devoted to the Swedish painter and object-maker Dick Bengtsson and his fascinating imagery. Others included are Andy Warhol, Öyvind Fahlström, Lee Lozano and Claes Oldenburg, represented by their works from the 1960s, a period dominated by pop art. The artists Joseph Kosuth, Mary Kelly and Martha Rosler reveal different aspects of text- and idea-based conceptualism.
The early modernism - 1930s
The second part of the new presentation will be installed early this summer, from 12 May to 21 June. It will focus on early modernists such as Georges Braque, Sigrid Hjertén, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Emil Nolde, Wassily Kandinsky and Lyubov Popova, followed by Sven X:et Erixson, Vera Nilsson and other artists who were active between the wars.
From minimalism
The final part will be hung towards the end of the summer, and will present several prominent contemporary artists, including Mike Nelson, Fia Backström and Doris Salcedo.
The new presentation of the collection is roughly chronological, with a few thematic highlights and side-tracks. Films and texts will be relate the various narratives to the period in which the works originated, thus linking them to our time when they are shown at Moderna Museet.
Film in focus this spring!
This spring, Moderna Museet is exploring the links between experimental film and art. Step by step, our new presentation of moving images is emerging. We are currently showing works by Dziga Vertov, Maya Deren, Andy Warhol, Robert Smithson and others. Over the next few weeks, seven exhibition spaces at Moderna Museet will be filled with moving images.
Presented in a new way 2012!
17 March - 30 December, 2012
Why did Dick Bengtsson paint swastikas?
Rauschenberg, Lozano, Warhol, Matisse, Klein, Fahlström, Richier, Bacon, Rosler, Calder, Giacometti, Fontana... A successive rehanging of the collection will now take place, mixing famous classics with less well-known gems and new acquisitions. The art will include painting, sculpture, film, photography and works on paper.
From the end of the Second World War to the mid-1970s
The first part to open covers the period from the end of the Second World War to the mid-1970s. The presentation starts with works by Germaine Richier, Robert Rauschenberg and Francis Bacon – artists who sought in various ways to find new expressions in a dark era of war, social criticism and desperation.
One room will open that is devoted to the Swedish painter and object-maker Dick Bengtsson and his fascinating imagery. Others included are Andy Warhol, Öyvind Fahlström, Lee Lozano and Claes Oldenburg, represented by their works from the 1960s, a period dominated by pop art. The artists Joseph Kosuth, Mary Kelly and Martha Rosler reveal different aspects of text- and idea-based conceptualism.
The early modernism - 1930s
The second part of the new presentation will be installed early this summer, from 12 May to 21 June. It will focus on early modernists such as Georges Braque, Sigrid Hjertén, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Emil Nolde, Wassily Kandinsky and Lyubov Popova, followed by Sven X:et Erixson, Vera Nilsson and other artists who were active between the wars.
From minimalism
The final part will be hung towards the end of the summer, and will present several prominent contemporary artists, including Mike Nelson, Fia Backström and Doris Salcedo.
The new presentation of the collection is roughly chronological, with a few thematic highlights and side-tracks. Films and texts will be relate the various narratives to the period in which the works originated, thus linking them to our time when they are shown at Moderna Museet.
Film in focus this spring!
This spring, Moderna Museet is exploring the links between experimental film and art. Step by step, our new presentation of moving images is emerging. We are currently showing works by Dziga Vertov, Maya Deren, Andy Warhol, Robert Smithson and others. Over the next few weeks, seven exhibition spaces at Moderna Museet will be filled with moving images.