© Lotta Antonssonl
Seashell Girl No 21 (clam). Ur serien Seashell Girl
Artist
Lotta Antonsson
(Sverige, född 1963)
Date2016
MediumCollage från tidskriften Das Magazin 1968–1978 med snäcka
DimensionsPappersmått: 21,5 × 16,5 cm
Yttermått: 22,4 × 16,5 × 0,6 cm
Ram: 47 × 36 × 3,3 cm
ClassificationPhotography
Credit LineDonation 2021 from the artist
Countries
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 01:6
Object NumberMOM/2021/206
About the artworkFor three decades, Lotta Antonsson has been producing works that push the boundaries of what a photograph is and can be. Early on, and in the spirit of post-modernism, she reworked images of women into works that tended to show a cliché of a woman, a woman conjured up in a male controlling gaze – focussing on whose gaze is reproduced by the camera lens. In later works, Antonsson has worked with collage, an artistic method that was favoured by the Surrealists many years earlier. She often uses images from magazines from the 1960s and 1970s, a time characterised by sexual revolution and optimism about the future. Adding rocks, fossils or shells to the surface of the image creates a whole new meaning. Sometimes she also photographs the collage, thus creating a two-dimensional image.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad i tusch på baksidan av konstverk, Påskrifter i nedre vänstra kant på baksidan: "Seashell Girl (clam) / Collage with Seashell" Selected exhibition history Den underjordiska himlen. Surrealism i Moderna Museets samling Moderna Museet, Stockholm Surrealism, samlingen (den 19 oktober 2024 - den 18 januari 2026) Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad i tusch på baksidan av konstverk, Påskrifter i nedre vänstra kant på baksidan: "Seashell Girl (clam) / Collage with Seashell" Selected exhibition history Den underjordiska himlen. Surrealism i Moderna Museets samling Moderna Museet, Stockholm Surrealism, samlingen (den 19 oktober 2024 - den 18 januari 2026) Moderna Museet, Stockholm