Köksfönstret (timmarna som går)

by Anna Sjödahl

Artist Anna Sjödahl (Sverige, 1934 - 2001)

Alternate Title

The Kitchen Window (The Hours that Go By)

Date1970

MediumBlyerts på bemålad spånskiva täckt med plexiglas

DimensionsBildmått: 105 × 120 cm

ClassificationDrawings

Credit LineBequest 2001 of the artist

Countries

Sweden

On view

Stockholm

RoomGallery 01:16

Object NumberMOM/2001/273

About the artworkSerenely the table laid with checked tablecloth rises toward the sky as though it were leaving its terrestrial life among kitchen utensils. Half-obscured behind milky plexiglass the pencil drawings appear to linger like a dream or a memory that will not quite rise to the surface. The humdrum of everyday life can hold the seed of something visionary and revolutionary, according to Anna Sjödahl. She allowed the commonplace, children and family life invade her art. Many of her works criticise the rigid bourgeois family ideals but also the male-dominated canon of styles such as minimalism and pop art. A few years later, she painted Springtime in Hallonbergen, which has become an icon in Swedish society, representing the awareness that the personal is political.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Nedre vänstra hörnet "A Sjödahl 70", Etikett på baksidan "Anna Sjödahl, Köksfönstret" Selected exhibition history Den tredje handen. Maurizio Cattelan och Moderna Museets samling (den 24 februari 2024 - den 12 januari 2025) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Molnen mellan oss (2006) Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Works by the artist