On the Absurd Drama That Is Also Life

Together they draw attention to the theatre of life’s incomprehensibility on the stage of the everyday that surrounds it, and combine a subtle resistance with a quest for freedom. Apart from newly produced and recent artworks by contemporary artists like Monster Chetwynd and Kris Lemsalu, the exhibition also includes artists from Moderna Museet’s collection, such as Francis Picabia, Ralph Eugene Meatyard and Greta Knutson-Tzara.  

The exhibition thus presents a range of artistic media, techniques and periods, bringing together works that have a close kinship with theatre and drama. The artists share an approach and attitude in which humour, provocation, playfulness and seriousness are interwoven – spontaneously, intentionally or perhaps coincidentally. The exhibition includes a number of scheduled performances. 

Participating artists
Monster Chetwynd, Karl Dunér, Jenny Kalliokulju, Samson Kambalu, Laura Kaminskaitė, Pope.L, Kris Lemsalu & Johanna Ulfsak, Kira Nova & Ignas Krunglevičius, Filip Vest

From the Moderna Museets Collection
Eva Aeppli, Marcel Broodthaers, René Clair, Karl Dunér & Peder Freiij, Joan Jonas, Robert Gober, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Greta Knutson-Tzara, Tetsumi Kudo, Kris Lemsalu, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Marion Scemama, Dorothéa Tanning

Documentation
Hugo Ball, Tetsumi Kudo, Sophie Tauber-Arp

Curator: Andreas Nilsson, Curator Moderna Museet Malmö