30 km tvång

by Anders Sunna

Artist Anders Sunna (Sverige, född 1985)

Alternate Title

30 km Coercion

Date2013

MediumOil and collage on panel

DimensionsBildmått: 122,5 × 150 cm Yttermått: 122,5 × 150 × 1 cm

Classification

Paintings

Countries

Sweden

Credit LineInköp 2019 med medel från Sten Eckedals och Majken Eckedals donationsfond

Object NumberMOM/2019/1

The artwork is not on display

About the artwork Anders Sunna’s practice focuses on art as resistance and a tool of political activism. In his works, he revisits a dispute that has been going on since the 1940s between the Swedish state, his own family and their former Sami village. A tug of war concerning land and the right to herd reindeer in the way they have done since time immemorial. The faceless bureaucrats of the County Administrative Board are portrayed here as uniformed guardians of a historic colonial power looming above the records of decisions and reindeer fences. Anders Sunna’s paintings, performances and installations reference both a canonical Swedish art history and street art. His works reveal the racification of the Sami and structural injustices that persist to this day. Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad på framsidan till vänster nedan mitten: A.SUNNA 2013, Etikett på baksidan: / MOU/2018/011 Anders Sunna, 30 km tvång Långivare: Anders Sunna Modernautställningen 2018 Moderna Museet / Selected exhibition history Illegal Spirits of Sapmi Moderna Museet Malmö Modernautställningen 2018 (den 20 oktober 2018 - den 6 januari 2019) Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Works by the artist