Fragment, bärverk

by Lars Englund

Artist Lars Englund (Sverige, född 1933)

Alternate Title

Support Structure, fragment

Date1973

MediumPolycarbonate, rubber, aluminium and steel

Dimensions275 x 200 cm

ClassificationSculptures

Credit LinePurchase 1975

Countries

Sweden

Object NumberNMSK 2205

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkLars Englund's works bear a distinct affinity with American minimalism in their exploration of modern materials - rubber, steel, carbon fibre, aluminium and plastics - in a non-figurative idiom. In the early 1960s, Englund began to look at materials that were untried in the art context, such as cement. His experiments led to pioneering consulting work in the cement and building industry, and eventually to commissions for works in public spaces. When Englund was asked to make a monumental sculpture for Huddinge Hospital in 1968, he designed a building kit out of transparent plastic, a Support Structure, with architectonic qualities. The object measured 7.6 x 5.2 x 3.2 metres in its original form and appeared to hover between sculpture and architecture.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Moderna Museet c/o Malmö Konsthall (2003) Malmö Konsthall Molnen mellan oss (2006) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Svenskt 70-tal i Sal I (1979) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Lars Englund (den 18 februari 2023 - den 3 september 2023) Moderna Museet Malmö The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Moderna Museet c/o Malmö Konsthall : [Malmö Konsthall : 8 februari - 4 maj 2003]

Works by the artist