![An iron](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/01/mom628a-977x980.jpg)
Silver dye bleach print (Cibachrome), ink on paper
Sleepless Nights
The 1980s in the Moderna Museet Collection
Stockholm, 28.2 2023 – 14.1 2024
In the contradictory 1980s, several remarkable women artists emerged in Sweden and the Nordic region. “Sleepless Nights” revolves around them. The name of this exhibition was inspired by Teresa Wennberg’s large video installation “Nuit Blanche” (1983), incorporating 25 TV screens, a work that epitomises how artists were exploring new media and materials.
The art market was red-hot, the alternative art scene rebelled, the fear of HIV and AIDS was rampant, and the Cold War was coming to an end. This pivotal point between the politicised 1970s and the artistically terser 1990s left its mark on the Moderna Museet collection.
![An iron](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/01/mom628a-240x241.jpg)
Silver dye bleach print (Cibachrome), ink on paper
![Lipstick and tampon combined](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/02/momb125-new-240x243.jpg)
Silver dye bleach print (Cibachrome), ink on paper
![A room with striped surfaces](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/01/daniel-buren-mms-240x151.jpg)
Awning fabric mounted on wooden frames, studs
![Multiple TV-screens](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/01/mom201384-teresa-wennberg-1-240x212.jpg)
![Hand and groin](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/02/fm1985001005-1-240x239.jpg)
![Cabinet with love theme](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/02/momsk225-240x412.jpg)
![Table-like with three legs](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/01/eva-lfdahl-utan-titel-1989-2-240x214.jpg)
Dental stone, oil and acrylic on MDF and wood
![Books and guns on a window shelf](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/02/mom2015132-240x191.jpg)
Gelatin silver prints and thread
![](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/02/mom717-240x199.jpg)
Painting: Oil, pigment and gold leaves on canvas.
![Stones](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/02/fm1987012010-240x341.jpg)
![Eight photography works on a wall](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/03/smnlsa-ntter_08-240x157.jpg)
Robert Mapplethorpe's works
![Three art works in a room](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/03/smnlsa-ntter_09-240x152.jpg)
![](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/03/smnlsa-ntter_10-240x131.jpg)
![](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/03/smnlsa-ntter_12-240x155.jpg)
![A room with striped surfaces](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/05/smnlsa-ntter_14-240x160.jpg)
Awning fabric mounted on wooden frames, studs
![Photograph of the artwork hung on a dark blue wall](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/05/dsf1573-240x320.jpg)
![Installation view over the exhibition. Sculptures are placed on a white podium, with two artworks hanging on a white wall in the background.](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/05/smnlsa-ntter_22-240x160.jpg)
Untitled (1989), sculpture, Eva Löfdahl © Eva Löfdahl
![Photograph of the artwork The Hand, hung on a dark blue wall](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/05/dsf1563-240x320.jpg)
![Image of a red canvas placed on wooden stands. In he background: chairs, artworks hung on white walls.](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/05/dsf1551-240x320.jpg)
![Photograph of the two artworks hung on a dark blue wall](https://www.modernamuseet.se/press/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/05/dsf1531-240x320.jpg)