© Cecilia Germain/Bildupphovsrätt 2025
Visiting Calm Waters
Artist
Cecilia Germain
(Sverige, född 1974)
Date2021
MediumCyanotype and watercolour on paper
DimensionsPappersmått: 57,5 × 72,5 cm
ClassificationDrawings, Graphic art
Credit LineDonation 2021 from the artist
Countries
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 01:18
Object NumberMOM/2021/480
About the artworkClosing your eyes is an effective way of making
yourself unavailable and connecting with your
inner self. In an age that values productivity and
consumption, sleep is provocatively useless. Faces
from the past appear as silent witnesses in Visiting
Calm Waters, where Cecilia Germain portrays
her ancestors in the blues of cyanotype and watercolour.
Germain’s roots lie in the African diaspora
born out of the transatlantic slave trade, a trade
that enabled white people to rest and relax at the
expense of other people’s lives. Her work connects
with the individual and collective right to rest and recovery, where sleep is a symbol of anti-capitalist politics.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad med titel och 'Cecilia Germain 2021' i blyerts på baksidan Selected exhibition history Surrealism, samlingen (den 19 oktober 2024 - den 18 januari 2026) Moderna Museet, Stockholm
with the individual and collective right to rest and recovery, where sleep is a symbol of anti-capitalist politics.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad med titel och 'Cecilia Germain 2021' i blyerts på baksidan Selected exhibition history Surrealism, samlingen (den 19 oktober 2024 - den 18 januari 2026) Moderna Museet, Stockholm