Alexander
Calder
Meret Oppenheim
Bror Hjorth
Ola Billgren
Marie-Louise Ekman
Oyvind Fahlstrom
John-e Franzen
Nobuyoshi Araki
Irving Penn
Suzan Etkin
Ebba Matz
Simon Starling
Charlotte Gyllenhammar
Peter Geschwind
Moderna Museet - or at least choice pieces of the collection - will be in Malmo. Approximately 100 works will be displayed for the first time to audiences in southern Sweden. In the selection of the works, Malmo konsthall has worked with Bjorn Springfeldt, former director of Moderna Museet and Malmo Konsthall, who has unique knowledge of the collection. The exhibition focuses on the more eccentric and sharp parts of the 20th-century collection.
MODERNA MUSEET c/o MALMÖ KONSTHALL
In the spring of 2003, Moderna Museet - or at least choice pieces of the
collection - will be in Malmö. Approximately 100 works will be displayed
for the first time to audiences in southern Sweden.
In the selection of the works, Malmö konsthall has worked with Björn
Springfeldt, former director of Moderna Museet and Malmö Konsthall, who
has unique knowledge of the collection. "- I've based my choices purely on
lust; I selected works that I thought would work well with the fantastic
architecture of Malmö Konsthall. This is a true dream assignment for me",
comments Björn Springfeldt, who was the director of Malmö Konsthall
between 1986 and 1989, and of Moderna Museet between 1990 and 1996.
The exhibition focuses on the more eccentric and sharp parts of the
20th-century collection, including such works as Paulina
Wallenberg-Olsson's bullet-proof dress, Marcel Duchamp's notorious urinal
and Edward Kienholz's The State Hospital. "It's always exciting to see
"your" works in a new environment. Björn knows this collection as well as
I do, and the final result is without a doubt an exquisitely exciting
slice of 20th-century masterpieces and successful acquisitions from the
last two decades," says museum director Lars Nittve.
Visitors to Malmö Konsthall will meet works by artists such as Alexander
Calder, Meret Oppenheim, Bror Hjorth, Ola Billgren, Marie-Louise Ekman,
Öyvind Fahlström and John-é Franzén. In addition, there is a significant
section on photography, with works by Nobuyoshi Araki and Irving Penn,
among others.
Young contemporary art is represented by artists such as Suzan Etkin, Ebba
Matz, Simon Starling, Charlotte Gyllenhammar and Peter Geschwind.
In the image : Marcel Duchamp,'Porte-bouteilles', 1914
More information:
http://www.modernamuseet.se
MALMÖ KONSTHALL
S.t Johannesgatan 7
Box 17127
Malmö
+46 40 341294