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Artist
Lena Gustavsson
(Sverige, 1965 - 2006)
Alternate Title
- Porridge list
Date2004
MediumCharcoal and cayon on paper
DimensionsPappersmått: 215 × 150 cm
ClassificationDrawings
Credit LinePurchase 2008
Countries
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 01:15
Object NumberMOM/2008/17
About the artworkYou have probably stumbled upon a forgotten
shopping list left behind in a shopping basket at
some point. Words, hastily jotted down in pencil,
as a reminder of what needs to be bought to make
everyday life work. Normally, a pencil writes text
with a thickness matching the pencil’s tip, but in
Lena Gustafsson’s list, the letters are drawn as
volumes,
as if written with a giant’s pencil. As
though the words written are of immense importance.
The list reads: corn porridge, fruit porridge
with pear and banana, mild oatmeal. Do we need
all these types of porridge, or is this list, in fact, a
reminder that consumerism has spiralled out of
control?
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