© Klara Lidén
Untitled. From the series Poster Painting
by Klara Lidén
Artist
Klara Lidén
(Sverige, född 1979)
Date2011
MediumPrinted posters, adhesive
DimensionsYttermått: 185 × 239 × 30 cm
Classification
Countries
Credit LineDonation 2011 från Lena och Per Josefsson (Nordic Collection)
Object NumberMOM/2011/81
CollectionsMaterialitet, Nordic Collection
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkRemoving a layered section of bill posters from a city wall, Lidén creates a contemporary archeological ‘dig’, revealing a slice of the history and culture of that place. She then pastes an empty white bill poster over the block of paper, blanking out the specifics of time and location. Combining a readymade with the formal qualities minimalist painting, and making an intervention 9nto public space via a removal, Lidén creates paintings that inhabit a space between popular and high culture, advertising and art, action and documentation. They constitute an everyday minimalism, blocking the endless stream of images and text that appear before our eyes, whilst also forming a more permanent archive of that which is usually temporary.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks
Osignerad
Selected exhibition history
Lögner om måleri (den 9 mars 2013 - den 25 augusti 2013)
Moderna Museet Malmö
Moderna Museets Vänners Skulpturpris 2013 (den 8 november 2013 - den 23 februari 2014)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm