What is music?
What is music, and how is it different to other sorts of sound or noise? That’s one of the main questions for the next big exhibition at Bonniers Konsthall. Curator Theodor Ringborg has gathered a group of artists that all try to answer the question in different ways, discussing how music is used and created within contemporary art.
The show is next in line after previous exhibitions about the connections between theatre, film and literature and art. Nine artists and composers are partaking in the project, all working in the grey area between music and art.
Amongst them, you can see Susan Hillers electronic bells in the trees of Vasaparken, Aye Erkmen’s sampling of Beethoven and Susan Philipsz’s version of an old Scottish folk song. Together, the sounds all create their own symphony. More than sound.
Also, don’t miss the live shows, workshops and artists talks connected to the exhibition. There will even be a vinyl record connected to the show released next spring.
Special events at Bonniers Konsthall:
- 3 October: Carl Michael von Hausswolff shows a new piece built on voices from the spirit world.
- 10 October: A rhythmic concert with Jenny Wilson.
- 17 Oct: Concert with The Great Learning Orchestra and artist conversation with Matti Kallioinen.
- 24 Oct: Seminar about the music video as an art form with Steven Dixon, professor of theory at the Bergen school of art.
Picasso/Duchamp “He Was Wrong”
The exhibition Picasso/Duchamp ”He Was Wrong” at Moderna Museet is the first time where Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp are put next to – or pitted against – each other.
Even though they are often mentioned in the same sentence, the pair – two of the most famous artists of the 20th century – are very different in character; Picasso, the impulsive modernist painter with magic fingers, Duchamp, the ironic and intellectual chess master. The differences become clearer as they are shown in the same room.
And the fact is, the two artists were rivals during most of their lives and career, poetically illustrated in the story of Duchamp’s death. According to legend, Picasso’s only comment when he found that Duchamp was dead was to say: “He was wrong”.
The show featuring these two giants is almost an exhibition of brain versus body, the divide that has been debated since the birth of philosophy.
Now is the chance for you to decide who, or what side, you think is “right”.
The two masters collide at Moderna until March of next year.
On display until 3 March 2013 at Moderna Museet
Curators: Daniel Birnbaum, Ronald Jones och Annika Gunnarsson
Affordable Art
The Affordable Art Fair has previously established itself in several places across the globe. Now it’s time for it to hit Stockholm.
The fair presents around 50 galleries from Sweden and abroad, and goes on for a full weekend in the beginning of October.
The idea behind the project is to present art at reasonable prices, ranging between 1,000-45,000 SEK – suitable for most wallets! Perfect for those who want original art in their homes without wanting to spend all of their savings on one piece.
Besides traditional galleries showing their work, there will be some street art and recent graduates showing, as well as art walks and workshops.
The Affordable Art Fair
October 4-7
Frihamnshallen
Magasin 9
More info here.
