Is pragmatism the only trademark of Swedish art, as is commonly believed? By bringing together artists capable of imagining a world free of materialism, an exhibition in Brussels demonstrates the opposite.
Hilma af Klint (1862-1944), Altar Painting No. 1, Group X, 1915, oil and metal leaf on canvas, 137.5 x 179.5 cm/54.1 x 70.6 in.
Courtesy of the Hilma af Klint Foundation Photo: The Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
To mark Sweden's presidency of the Council of the European Union, Daniel Birnbaum—former director of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm—has created a captivating exhibition about spiritualism in Swedish art since the 18th century. Paintings, drawings, sculptures, books, photographs and even a sound installation allowing visitors to listen to recordings of "joik", the ritual songs and lyrics of the Sami—the nomadic people of Lapland— have been brought together at the Palais des beaux-arts in Brussels (BOZAR). On the fringe of the major artistic…
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