Har vi tid att dansa?

by Teresa Wennberg

Artist Teresa Wennberg (Sverige, född 1944)

Alternate Title

Do We Have Time to Dance?

Date1974

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsBildmått: 97 × 130 cm Yttermått: 97 × 130 × 2,2 cm

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)

Countries

Sweden, Frankrike

Object NumberMOM/2021/346

CollectionsSvenska förvärv 2021

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkIn the dystopian industrial landscape in the background smoking chimneys stand out against a smog-filled sky with no horizon. The glossy colour photo of a dancing couple seems stuck to the canvas with yellowing adhesive tape, like memories of another, lost world. Teresa Wennberg is regarded as a pioneer in Swedish video and media art; her works on issues such as identity, gender and language became internationally famous in the 1980s and 1990s. As a young painter, Wennberg belonged to the circle around Salvador and Gala Dalí, but later migrated towards 1970s hyperrealism and social activism. The layers of mediated images in this painting seem to presage later video works with advanced effects such as chroma key, or the striated realities of virtual realities.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad på framsidan i nedre högra hörnet: THERESE WENNBERG PARIS 1974., Påskrift på dukens baksida: "Here:now" nov. "THE DANCING COUPLE" TW 1974 Påskrift på spännramens baksida: TW nov. 1974 THE DANCING COUPLE

Works by the artist