Titel saknas. Ur serien Självporträtt 1991-1994

by Snežana Vučetić Bohm

Artist Snežana Vučetić Bohm (Jugoslavien, född 1963)

Alternate Title

No title. From the Series Self-Portraits 1991-1994

Date1991

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsBildmått (cirka): 39 × 38,4 cm Ram: 61,8 × 51,8 × 4 cm

ClassificationPhotography

Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)

Countries

Sweden, Yugoslavia

On view

Stockholm

RoomGallery 01:7

Object NumberMOM/2021/272

CollectionsRecent Acquisitions, Svenska förvärv 2021

About the artworkIn 1991, when Snežana Vučetić Bohm was studying at Nordens Fotoskola, she was asked to make a documentary photo reportage. Equipped with a stand, a self timer and a Rolleiflex camera – a classic model for photo journalists – she travelled to Yugoslavia, which was on the brink of civil war. Her choice to work in black and white is also in keeping with a long tradition of photo journalism. But in the midst of the political conflict around her, she turned the camera on herself. Both the tank on the bookshelf in her cousins’ home and the barbed-wire fence in the landscape near her grandmother’s house seem to prophesy the looming war. Vučetić Bohm meets our gaze as both observer and observed, as the human being she is, in a terrifying and incomprehensible situation.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad, Etikett, handskriven fotostatkopia, nedtill på baksidan av konstverket: "Snežana Vučetić Bohm, självporträtt 1991" Selected exhibition history Nyförvärvsutställningen (den 5 februari 2022 - den 14 augusti 2022) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Sju rum och en trädgård. Rashid Johnson och Moderna Museets samling (den 28 september 2023 - den 22 september 2024) Moderna Museet, Stockholm

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