Nackar nr 2. Ur serien Nackar

by Thomas Wågström

Artist Thomas Wågström (Sverige, född 1955)

Alternate Title

Necks no 2. From the series Necks

Date2010/2021

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsBildmått: 43,3 × 30,1 cm Pappersmått: 48,3 × 32,9 cm

ClassificationPhotography

Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)

Countries

Sweden

Object NumberMOM/2021/114

CollectionsRecent Acquisitions, Svenska förvärv 2021

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkThe series Necks is the second part of a trilogy by the photographer Thomas Wågström, where he works with different perspectives. In the first part, he studied cloud formations seen from the ground; in the third, events, situations and people on the ground are captured from his flat on the thirteenth floor. The neck is studied here, perhaps the most constant but also invisible and vulnerable part of our body. Wågström has photographed the necks of some fifty young and old people, family members, friends and strangers. They form a tender collection of images, revealing and awakening memories of the longing to kiss the soft neck of a child, to caress this secret part of our lover, and the surprise of realising that we recognise the rear view of a familiar person so well.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerat nedtill i mitten på baksidan av konstverket, Påskrifter nedtill på baksidan av konstverket; till vänster "2/5" ; i mitten (signering) samt till höger "2010/2021" Selected exhibition history Nyförvärvsutställningen (den 5 februari 2022 - den 14 augusti 2022) Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Works by the artist