We will see new works and installations with connections to artists such as Louise Nevelson, Berit Lindfeldt, Picasso, Rodin, Henry Moore and the 17th-century German artist Ottmar Elliger d. ä.
Sandra Backlund, Martin Bergström, Helena Hörstedt and Diana Orving have set the tone in Swedish fashion since the turn of the millennium. With a fashion beyond the wearable, they engage in dialogue with the Gothenburg Museum of Art’s collection. There are four fashion designers whose work, methods and questions have many similarities with those of contemporary artists, not only visually but also conceptually. In the exhibition, they show new site-specific textile sculptures, installations and moving images.
The fashion world’s relationship to art has been varied throughout history, but is constantly recurring and more or less clear. During the 20th century, the genre boundaries between art and fashion were sometimes strict. Fashion has often been seen as something superficial, as an artistic genre without depth where most of it has been about beautiful creations and attitude. Today, the distinction between different artistic genres is no longer as sharp. Over time, the concepts have become increasingly unruly. Both fashion and art expand, mutate and slide into each other. In the borderlands between them, much of what happens gives us keys to understanding what is going on around us. In fashion, just as in art, the prevailing zeitgeist and its ideals are reflected and thus give expression to the rhythm and taste of the time, what we call contemporary.
In recent years, the Gothenburg Museum of Art has consistently worked with the relationship of historical art to the present and to raise awareness and problematize conventions of taste and hierarchies in the art world. By letting the contemporary art and the collection interact, new contexts and meanings are created that add new dimensions to both the exhibited works and the museum.
Catalog
A catalog will be produced for the exhibition in collaboration with Skarp Projects and Studio Bon .
Producer: Andrea Hasselrot
Editor: Johan Lindberg
Foreword: Patrik Steorn
Text: Daniel Björk
Form: Magnus Klahr
The project is carried out by the Gothenburg Museum of Art in collaboration with Skarp Projects and producer/curator Andrea Hasselrot.
