Sitting...
Artist
Öyvind Fahlström
(Sverige, 1928 - 1976)
Date1962
MediumTempera on cardboard mounted on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 159 × 201 cm
Ram: 161 × 202,5 cm
Classification
Countries
Credit LineInköp 1963
Object NumberNM 5740
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkA myriad of details, divided into fields that now and then overlap, offers the choice of either moving from square to square, or taking a different route. Fahlström dreamed of making art that was both fun and elucidating. In 1962, he wrote, "…anyone who is interested could have an image machine in their home, and 'manipulate the world'… He moved to New York in 1961, and was influenced by the mythology of comic strips. He was fascinated by how games and game rules govern economics, politics and social interaction. Six months after this painting had been completed, Fahlström painted "Sitting…six months later", which is placed to your right. The onlooker was invited to create and change the work through mobile magnets on the metal covered surface.
Selected exhibition history
Pop Art & Nouveau Réalisme, ur samlingarna (1991-1992)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
SPEKTAKULÄRA TIDER 60-talet ur Moderna Museets samling (den 26 december 2009 - den 27 februari 2011)
Moderna Museet Malmö
Moderna Museet c/o Malmö Konsthall (2003)
Malmö Konsthall
Ingens hundar: svensk konst genom hundra år (1998)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Öyvind Fahlström (1979)
Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues
Öyvind Fahlström : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : [13 oktober - 9 december 1979]Moderna Museet c/o Malmö Konsthall : [Malmö Konsthall : 8 februari - 4 maj 2003]Pop Art & Nouveau realisme : ur Moderna Museets samlingar : Moderna Museet 26.12.1991 - 09.08.1992
Bibliography
Öyvind Fahlström, Katalogen, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1976, s 45.
Öyvind Fahlström, Stockholm, Moderna Museet, 1979, omslagets framsida, s 32–34.
Öyvind Fahlström, Öyvind Fahlström: Another Space for Painting, Barcelona, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 2001, s 137.
Öyvind Fahlström, Moderna Museet c/o Malmö Konsthall, Moderna Museets utställningskatalog nr 319, Malmö, 2003, s 36.
Öhrner, Annika (red.), Barbro Östlihn: Liv och konst, Norrköpings konstmuseum 2003, ill. s. 68.