Artist
Gunilla Blomqvist
(Sverige, född 1943)
Artist
Jörgen Hammarberg
(Sverige, född 1941)
Alternate Title
- Untitled
Date1974
MediumGraphite on paper
DimensionsBildmått: 102 × 71 cm
Ram: 102,7 × 73,6 × 2 cm
ClassificationDrawings
Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)
Countries
Object NumberMOM/2021/3
CollectionsSvenska förvärv 2021
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkIn 1968–1975, when Gunilla Blomqvist and Jörgen Hammarberg had a collective artistic practice, they started the company “Trick or Treat”. Their collaboration was seen as a provocation by Sweden’s art scene at the time, however, challenging the notion of the artist as a solitary genius. The gallerist Jan-Eric Löwenadler therefore advised them to contact a colleague, Ivan Karp at O. K. Harris/Hundred Acres in New York. And so they did! The move gave the duo opportunities to have several international exhibitions. With pencil on high-quality paper, Blomqvist/Hammarberg created hyperrealistic images of reality. Untitled comprises drawings with working titles such as Pork Sausage, Bd Haussmann and Motorcycle/Salt Lake. These works reflect current events, and the pencil’s extra blackness heightens expectations that things are about to happen in the image.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad 'Gunilla Blomqvist Jörgen Hammarberg 74' i blyerts på nedre kant
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad 'Gunilla Blomqvist Jörgen Hammarberg 74' i blyerts på nedre kant