Hatt & Mössfabrik
Artist
Dick Bengtsson
(Sverige, 1936 - 1989)
Alternate Title
- Hat & Cap Factory
Date1969
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsVarje del: 122 x 91 cm
Classification
Countries
Credit LinePurchase 1970
Object NumberNM 6280:A-B
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkIn Dick Bengtsson's world there is no escape. He leads our gaze to the cracks in the façade of the modern project and the ideological underbelly of rationalist society. In the diptych Hat and Wig Factory, everything is reversed, with one exception - the swastika remains the same, regardless of world order. The surface treatment is characteristic for Dick Bengtsson's works. To achieve and "old master" and intentionally dirty patina, he often coated his paintings with layer upon layer of varnish, before treating them harshly with a hot iron, as though to eliminate every trace of brush strokes. The resulting painting was flat as an oil print, with a dream-like detachment, like a picture of a picture.
Selected exhibition history
Moderna Museet c/o Malmö Konsthall (2003)
Malmö Konsthall
Ingens hundar: svensk konst genom hundra år (1998)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Efterkrigstid till 1970-tal
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Alternative Suédois / Svenskt Alternativ. D. Bengtsson, O. Billgren, L. Englund, John-e Franzén, L. Hillersberg, E. Höste, O. Kåks, U. Samuelson (1970)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Dick Bengtsson (1983)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues
Moderna Museet c/o Malmö Konsthall : [Malmö Konsthall : 8 februari - 4 maj 2003]Dick Bengtsson : varken det ena eller det andra : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 26.3-15.5 1983Svenskt alternativ : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 1970
Bibliography
I Hjärnstorm, Tema Dick Bengtsson nr 62, 1998 ill. s 21 Text sid 33 av Leif Nylén Hatt- och mössfabrik