En blå punkt

by Hans Lannér

Artist Hans Lannér (Sverige, född 1947)

Alternate Title

A Blue Dot
A Speck of Blue

Date2020

MediumAcrylic paint on canvas

Dimensions39 x 47 cm

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)

Countries

Sweden

Object NumberMOM/2021/285

CollectionsSvenska förvärv 2021

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkYou have to start somewhere, and Hans Lannér often starts with a house. The subject matter is important, but only as a warmup for the real thing: Painting itself. Every seemingly random line and speck of colour maintains the precise balance of the composition. Colours are applied in thin layers. In A Speck of Blue, clothes are hanging to dry outside a whitewashed building. My Beloved, where the shutters are wide open, is from roughly the same place, the countryside in Tanzania, where the artist likes to go. The houses may look familiar, even to those who have never been there. This is also characteristic of Lannér’s imagery. The places are recognisable to us, yet unknown.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Monogramsignatur på dukens baksida: HL, Etikett från Galleri Magnus Karlsson på spännramens baksida Selected exhibition history Nyförvärvsutställningen (den 5 februari 2022 - den 14 augusti 2022) Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Works by the artist