© Anna Sjödahl
Mat och skönhet
by Anna Sjödahl
Artist
Anna Sjödahl
(Sverige, 1934 - 2001)
Alternate Title
- Food and Beauty
Date1969
MediumBlyerts och plexiglas på pannå
Dimensions120 x 104,5 cm
ClassificationDrawings
Credit LinePurchase 1970
Countries
Object NumberNMB 2005
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkSerenely the table laid with checked tablecloth rises toward the sky as though it were leaving its terrestrial life among kitchen utensils. Half-obscured behind milky plexiglass the pencil drawings appear to linger like a dream or a memory that will not quite rise to the surface. The humdrum of everyday life can hold the seed of something visionary and revolutionary, according to Anna Sjödahl. She allowed the commonplace, children and family life invade her art. Many of her works criticise the rigid bourgeois family ideals but also the male-dominated canon of styles such as minimalism and pop art. A few years later, she painted Springtime in Hallonbergen, which has become an icon in Swedish society, representing the awareness that the personal is political.
Selected exhibition history Molnen mellan oss (2006) Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Selected exhibition history Molnen mellan oss (2006) Moderna Museet, Stockholm