© Karin Mamma Andersson/Bildupphovsrätt 2026
Hasch Hisch
Artist
Karin Mamma Andersson
(Sverige, född 1962)
Date2020
MediumOil and charcoal on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 168 × 228 cm
Yttermått: 168,3 × 228 × 3,5 cm
Classification
Countries
Credit LineInköp 2021 med bidrag från Pontus Bonnier och Åke Bonnier
Object NumberMOM/2021/481
The artwork is on outgoing loan
About the artwork
On a pink painted table with visible wood grain is a pile of porcelain figurines. This painting is from a series that Mamma Andersson calls “crime scene pictures”. The broken figurines seem to indicate an event that has escaped the viewer. China ornaments like these were used to smuggle hashish in the 1970s. In an interview, the artists says, “But it doesn’t really matter what was inside of them. It could have been sugar for all that it matters. I find the shattered female faces interesting. There is a gaze looking out at you, but they are not people. They might as well have been bones. Humanity has been shattered.” In her painterly practice, Karin Mamma Andersson initiates dialogues with living and dead artists, using their images as inspiration for her own works.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks
Signerad på dukens baksida:
Mamma Andersson, Påskrift på dukens baksida:
Olja på duk
Hasch Hisch
2020