Monument (version 2)

by Måns Wrange

Artist Måns Wrange (Sverige, född 1961)

Alternate Title

Monument (Version 2)

Date1993

MediumBone china, plastic, MDF, EPDM rubber cloth, electric pump, coffee

DimensionsYttermått: 100 × 180 × 180 cm

ClassificationInstallations

Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)

Countries

Sweden

Object NumberMOM/2021/303

CollectionsRecent Acquisitions, Svenska förvärv 2021

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkLike a Hindu god with many arms, this sculpture of a six-spouted coffee pot suggests many possible meanings. Coffee is poured from the pot into cups, but they soon overflow and the liquid runs into a container. A pump returns the coffee to the pot, whereupon the procedure starts over, in an eternal cycle. This work is part of The History of Goodness, which Måns Wrange worked on in 1991–1999. It explored the 1930s dream of the welfare state, where the home came to symbolise the good society. Rationalisations of everyday life through studies, norms and the introduction of standards, were made to foster good citizens with the aid of politics, but also aesthetics.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad

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