Organising Freedom: Nordic Artists of the '90s.MODERNA MUSEET Moderna museet, the Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden, is a state museum located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, that was first opened in 1958. Its first manager was Pontus Hultén. The middle panel in a triptych of exhibitions--"After the Wall" was the first, "What If" will be the third--"Organising Freedom" showcases work by the artists who spawned the "Northern miracle." Curator CURATOR, persons, contracts. One who has been legally appointed to take care of the interests of one who, on account of his youth, or defect of his understanding, or for some other cause, is unable to attend to them himself. 2. David Elliott brings together videos, installations, photographs, and paintings, all produced in the '90s by the likes of Eija-Liisa Ahtila Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959 in Hämeenlinna, Finland) is a video artist and photographer. She lives and works in Helsinki. She was the winner of the inaugural Vincent Award in 2000 and was announced as the winner of the second £40,000 Artes Mundi prize on March 31st, 2006. , Miriam Backstrom, Olafur Eliasson, Annika Eriksson, Peter Land, Annika Karlsson Rixon, and Fanni Niemi-Junkola. Apparently riffing on a comment by ur-Nordic chanteuse chan·teuse n. A woman singer, especially a nightclub singer. [French, feminine of chanteur, singer, from chanter, to sing; see chant.] Bjork ("I thought I could organize freedom. How very Scandinavian of me"), the exhibition boasts "parallel" surveys of Nordic pop music and cinema. Feb. 12-Apr. 9. |
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