Jury (Censur)

by Nils Wedel

Artist Nils Wedel (Sverige, 1897 - 1967)

Alternate Title

Jury (Censorship)

Date1938

MediumVaxbestruken färg på duk på pannå ("NAWAX")

DimensionsBildmått: 204 × 300 cm

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LinePurchase 2001

Countries

Sweden

Object NumberMOM/2001/1

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkThe German Nazis launched the exhibition "Entartete Kunst" in 1937 to define and deride modernism. When Nils Wedel heard about it he started sketching on a monumental painting. Nils Wedel compares the Nazi art censorship to a situation on the Swedish art scene. In Jury (Censorship) Bror Hjorth's art is being inspected by a severe jury. Sceptically, they regard the visual idiom of the new art. Wedel, who was introduced to cubism by Gösta Adrian-Nilsson in Paris in the 1920s, uses earthy colours and a generalising formal language in this painting. The technique he uses, nawax, is his own mixture of pigments and wax, inspired by his wife Alice's batik art.
Selected exhibition history Utopia and Reality. Swedish Modernism 1900-1960 (2002) Bard Graduate Center, New York Från sekelskifte till 1940-tal Moderna Museet, Stockholm Utopi & verklighet - svensk modernism 1900-1960 (2000-2001) Moderna Museet, Stockholm 10 historier - svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling (2007) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues 10 historier : svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling : [2/6 - 9/9 2007]Utopi & verklighet : svensk modernism 1900- 1960 : konst, arkitektur, fotografi, film, formgivning : [Moderna Museet 7 oktober 2000 - 14 januari 2001]

Works by the artist