MODERNA MUSEET C/O MAGASIN 3
23 MARCH –16 JUNE 2002

MODERNA MUSEET c/o MAGASIN 3, 2002

Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall is pleased to present the exhibition Moderna Museet c/o Magasin 3 with works by 29 artists from Moderna Museet's permanent collection. The exhibition shows mainly sculpture, focusing on abstract pieces, with the emphasis on a number of rather less well-known works from the Moderna Museet collection.

With the starting-point in early abstract works of the 1910s, the exhibition follows art from different periods to the end of the 1990s. Associations between the works have been the point of departure for the installation, and the chronology of the exhibition has been broken to allow for new experiences for the viewer.

Artists included in the exhibition:
Olle Bonniér, Lee Bontecou, Robert Breer, Viking Eggeling, Lars Englund, Max Ernst, Annika Eriksson, Lucio Fontana, Eric Grate, Gary Hill, Arne Jones, Louise Lawler, Sivert Lindblom, LG Lundberg, Carl Axel Lunding, Ebba Matz, Lars Millhagen, Louise Nevelson, KG Nilson, Claes Oldenburg, Palle Pernevi, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Ulf Rollof, Jesoes Rafael Soto, Georges Vantongerloo, Victor Vasarely, Ruth Vollmer, Nell Walden.

Robert Breer's sculpture "Rider Float" (1972), Georges Vantongerloo's "Cosmic Element" (1945) and Annika Eriksson's "Twelve Parcels from my Mother" (1993-95) are some examples of the works exhibited.

Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall is the first institution to make a selection from the permanent collection of Moderna Museet while the museum building on Skeppsholmen is closed. The series Moderna Museet c/o will continue with exhibitions at art institutions throughout Sweden, showing works from the museum collection.

The exhibition is curated by David Neuman, director, and Richard Julin, curator, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall.

CONTENTS:

Moderna Museet c/o Magasin 3 by David Neuman, director, and Richard Julin, curator Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall.
About the works, quotations by the artists and excerpts of texts about the artworks. Folder no 3. 15 pages, black and white, not illustrated. Texts in Swedish/English.
Published 2002 by Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall.

Moderna Museet c/o Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall by David Neuman and Richard Julin

It is a challenge and a privilege to choose work from the comprehensive and immensely rich collection of Moderna Museet. Going through the collection while organizing this exhibit brought back many emotions and memories, not to mention how incredibly fun the preparatory work was. It was like seeing old friends and acquaintances. Memories of exhibitions and of moments that have left significant traces all came rushing back.

When we analyzed the collection a little more carefully, we of course found many artworks with which we were not familiar, and others we had forgotten. There are many surprises in Moderna Museet's permanent collection. Faced with the task of putting together an exhibit from these vast holdings, we realized that we, of course, needed to choose a few of the many enticing strands within the selection.

We chose two basic points of departure, as well as an associative attitude toward the art that we think was crucial to the formation of the exhibit. What we are presenting is a sculpture show with an emphasis on abstract work.

If you look at the exhibit chronologically, the earliest works are Francis Picabia's Prenez garde à la peinture (1916), Nell Walden's Komposition (1917) and Passion (1918), Man Ray's Lamp shade (1920), and Viking Eggeling's drawing Diagonalsymfonien (1920), which is a sketch for his later film of the same name. The works point toward an abstract language that we then follow through various epochs in the collection. Nell Walden's abstract nature pieces and Francis Picabia's machine abstractions touch on two themes that run parallel throughout the exhibit.

The exhibit has a tendency to show works that are perhaps not the best-known in Moderna Museet's collection. Much of it has either never been exhibited in Sweden or has not been on display for quite a few years. The artists' nationalities were not a factor in our decision, although the final selection has a balanced number of Swedes and foreigners.

The installation is not chronological. Rather, the works have been placed as a result of associations that can be made between them. Our hope is that viewers will be able to take in the show as a whole, and that what's on display in these halls can create new experiences for them.

David Neuman and Richard Julin Stockholm, February 2002

WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION

Olle Bonniér
"Stone", 1947.
Painted Stone, height 23 cm, 7,5 cm in diameter

Lee Bontecou
"Composition", 1962.
Canvas on frame of soldered steel, 110 x 88 cm

Robert Breer
"Rider Float", 1972.
Fiberglass, soldered aluminum, 70 x 238 cm

Viking Eggeling
"Diagonal Symphony", 1920.
Pencil on paper, 51 x 213 cm

Lars Englund
"Object made of Rubber", 1967.
Rubber, 70 x 180 cm

Max Ernst
"eislandschaften, eiszapfen und gesteinstarten des Weiblichen Körpers", 1920
Gouache and watercolor on paper, 26 x 24,5 cm

Annika Eriksson
"Twelve Packages from My Mom", 1993-1995.
Table 180 x 80 cm, Swedish Postal Service packages, 70 x 50 cm, text 30 x 25 cm för each component

Lucio Fontana
"Concetto Spaziale. Attese", 1959.
Oil on Canvas, 100 x 81 cm

Eric Grate
"Duo", 1930-1931.
Terracotta, height 110 cm

Gary Hill
"Bits", 1976-1977.
Color, silent, 2:59 min

Arne Jones
"Human Bridges", 1946.
Silvered bronze, 25 x 90 x 28 cm

Louise Lawler
"Air de Paris, Marcel Duchamp 1919", 1987.
Color photograph, type R (Cibachrome, RC polyester), 66 x 98,4 cm for each photograph

Sivert Lindblom
"Self-image", 1960.
Bronze, 68 x 12 x 29 cm

LG Lundberg
"Fence", 1973-1979.
Oil and charcoal fixed on canvas, 151 x 119 cm

Carl Axel Lunding
"Composition with Moving Space", 1953.
Metal, height 53 cm

Ebba Matz
"Untitled (Sirens)", 1994.
Papier mâché, acrylic, iron, 53 x 52 x 59 cm for each component

Lars Millhagen
"White Body", 1973.
Wood, hemprope, height 160 cm

Louise Nevelson
"Total - Totality - All", 1959-1964.
Wood painted black, 258 x 430 x 18 cm

KG Nilson
"Building under Construction", 1972.
Wood, 41 x 58 x 58 cm

Claes Oldenburg
"Pingpong Table", 1964.
Plaster, metal, wood, and cloth, 97,5 x 135 x 210 cm

Palle Pernevi
"Nice Fish", 1956.
Soldered steel, height 78 cm

Francis Picabia
"Prenez garde à la peinture", 1916.
Oil on canvas, 91 x 73 cm

Man Ray
"Lamp-shade", 1920.
Metal foil, 85 x 38 cm, freehanging

"LAMPSHADE", generally regarded as something to be discared, does not thereby lose its importance as a springboard for what may be considered more valid productions (As in RETURN TO REASON). 1944
Gelatin silver photograph, 11,9 x 5,0 cm

Ulf Rollof
"Lead Mattress", 1984.
Lead, copper, copper wire, and sheets, 21,5 x 180 x 130 cm

Jesús Rafael Soto
"Vibration with Black Form", 1959.
Masonite, sheet metal, and steel wire, 120 x 125,5 x 23,5 cm

George Vantongerloo
"Cosmic Element", 1945.
Painted wood and nickel alloy, height 8 cm

Victor Vasarely
"Eridan III", 1956.
Synthetic color on panel, 41 x 58 cm

Ruth Vollmer
"Untitled", undated
Plaster, 29,5 x 29 x 29.5 cm

Nell Walden
"Composition", 1917.
Oil on canvas. 65 x 47 cm

"Passion", 1918.
Oil on canvas.100 x 80,5 cm