Days and Ages
Artist
Christodoulos Panayiotou
(Cypern, född 1978)
Alternate Title
- Dagar och sekler
Date2013
MediumTerracotta tiles produced with water from the Mediterranean Sea
DimensionsVarierande mått
ClassificationInstallations
Credit LinePurchase 2014
Object NumberMOM/2014/37
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkMoving across the floor work “Days and Ages” is like a voyage on the Mediterranean. The terracotta tiles are made of sea water and clay from the artist’s home town of Limassol on Cyprus. At the Museum, the clay meets Swedish materials such as birch, oak and limestone. The title refers to the archaeologist Einar Gjerstad’s “Ages and Days in Cyprus”, a memoir of the Swedish Cyprus Expedition, which conducted wide-ranging excavations on Cyprus between 1927 and 1931. The finds from Gjerstad’s expedition, mainly terracotta figures, were shared with the British colonial Empire. Half was shipped to Sweden, and the “Cyprus collection” is now in the Medelhavsmuseet in Stockholm. Panayiotou highlights how archaeology underpins the nation state, and how national symbols and natural resources contribute to making national identity.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Christodoulos Panayiotou: Dagar och sekler (den 30 november 2013 - den 27 april 2014) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Christodoulos Panayiotou : Dagar och sekler
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Christodoulos Panayiotou: Dagar och sekler (den 30 november 2013 - den 27 april 2014) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Christodoulos Panayiotou : Dagar och sekler