Page 35 - The MoMA/ Guggenheim issue of World of Art magazine (2003)

Moderna
Museet c/o

Moderna Museet c/o
MalMö konsthall

8.2 - 4.5 2003

In the spring of 2003, Moderna Museet - or
at least choice pieces of the collection - will irviNg PeNN
be in Malmö. approximately 100 works will Nude No 58, 1949-50
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
Nam JuNe Paik
Matz, simon starling, charlotte Gyllenhammar TV ChaIr, 1968
and Peter Geschwind.

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