Rekonstruktion
Artist
Matts Leiderstam
(Sverige, född 1956)
Alternate Title
- Reconstruction
Date1989-2016
MediumOil and acrylic on masonite and poplar panel, printed paper, wooden stand
DimensionsVariabelt mått
ClassificationInstallations
Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)
Countries
Object NumberMOM/2021/247
CollectionsSömnlösa nätter, Svenska förvärv 2021
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkIn Reconstruction, Leiderstam revisits two paintings he made in 1989. The motifs are from American gay porno movies made at a time when many people were dying from AIDS. When the two works were put up for auction by Bukowskis in 2016, the artist bought them. They were then restored and their context was recreated in a text on the artist’s private story, the provenance of the paintings, and their original subject matter. In 2016, the artist searched the internet and found the love scene from Leo and Lance that the red painting is based on. He also found information about the lives of the two actors: One died from AIDS and the other in a motorcycle accident while delivering food to AIDS victims. The work is a revised version, a reminder that bodies are human lives.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad på baksidan av del 1 och del 2: Matts Leiderstam 1989, Etikett på baksidan av del 1 Selected exhibition history Nyförvärvsutställningen (den 5 februari 2022 - den 14 augusti 2022) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Sömnlösa nätter. Från 1980-talet i Moderna Museets samling (den 24 februari 2023 - den 14 januari 2024) Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad på baksidan av del 1 och del 2: Matts Leiderstam 1989, Etikett på baksidan av del 1 Selected exhibition history Nyförvärvsutställningen (den 5 februari 2022 - den 14 augusti 2022) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Sömnlösa nätter. Från 1980-talet i Moderna Museets samling (den 24 februari 2023 - den 14 januari 2024) Moderna Museet, Stockholm