Seven Rooms and a Garden
Rashid Johnson and The Moderna Museet Collection
Stockholm, 30.9 2023 – 8.9 2024
In the exhibition “Seven Rooms and a Garden” the work of American artist and filmmaker Rashid Johnson is in conversation, confrontation and at times collusion with the collection of Moderna Museet. Each room in the exhibition – and a garden – stages an encounter based on the personal, political and art historical relationships that unfold in his practice.
Rashid Johnson (b. 1977, Chicago, USA) is recognised as one of the most influential artists of his generation. In his paintings, sculptures, films, performances and photographs, he draws from his own biography, as well as numerous art and cultural histories, to compose searing meditations on being.
“Seven Rooms” and a Garden is the third chapter of the museum’s new collection display where artworks from Moderna Museet’s collection are presented in three lager shifting thematic exhibitions. Together the exhibitions plumb the depths of a variety of narratives from art history, replacing the earlier chronological format. Over time, the audience will thus encounter more works from Moderna Museet’s collection, which has one of Europe’s foremost collections of modern and contemporary art.
Installation views will be available from September 28, 2023.
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From the left: Eliott Erwitt, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1950, © Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos, Negro, Rashid Johnson, 2001
From the left: Fresh Widow, 1920/1960, In advance of the broken arm, 1915/1963, À bruit secret, 1916/1962, Marcel Duchamp © Association Marcel Duchamp/ADAGP, Paris Bildupphovsrätt 2023
From the left: Roman Notes, Cy Twombly, 1970 © Cy Twombly Foundation. Utan titel, Ernest Mancoba, 1962 Courtesy: Estate Ferlov Mancoba, Copenhagen. Journey, Herbert Gentry, 1973 © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos. Til min søster, Asger Jorn, 1952 © Donation Jorn, Silkeborg/ Bildupphovsrätt 2023
From the left: Untitled, Lee Bontecou, 1959 ©️ Lee Bontecou 2023 All Rights Reserved. Painting Made by Dancing, Niki de Saint Phalle, Robert Rauschenberg, 1961 © Niki Charitable Art Foundation/Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Tertia, Barnett Newman, 1964 © Barnett Newman / Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Brace, Ellen Gallagher, 1997 ©️ Ellen Gallagher. Punch, Peek & Feel, Lee Lozano, 1967-1970 © The Estate of Lee Lozano. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth. Carnation sanguine, Jean Dubuffet, 1950 © Jean Dubuffet / Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Emblema 70, Rubem Valentim, 1970 © Rubem Valentim. Untitled, Toshimitsu Imaï, 1981 © Toshimitsu Imaï. Roman Notes, Cy Twombly, 1970 © Cy Twombly Foundation. Utan titel, Ernest Mancoba, 1962 Courtesy: Estate Ferlov Mancoba, Copenhagen
From the left: Tadana VI, Tadeusz Kantor, 1957 ©️ Tadeusz Kantor. The Wooden Horse: Number 10 A, Jackson Pollock, 1948 ©The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Untitled (Edge Painting), Sam Francis, 1968 © 2023 Sam Francis Foundation, California / Bildupphovsrätt. Transparent Painting: Ultramarine Blue, Marcia Hafif, 1982 ©️ Marcia Hafif. Journey, Herbert Gentry, 1973 © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos. Deux têtes, Karel Appel, 1964 © Karel Appel/Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Til min søster, Asger Jorn, 1952 © Donation Jorn, Silkeborg/ Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Figure in Marsh Landscape, Willem de Kooning, 1966 © The Willem de Kooning Foundation, New York/Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Variation sur un rectangle, Jean Fautrier, 1957 © Jean Fautrier / Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Sans titre, Etel Adnan, 1973 ©️ Etel Adnan. Off Square, Stanley Whitney, 2016 © Stanley Whitney
From the left: Bruise Paintings “Song for Charles”, “Old Time Religion”, “Dexterity”, “Get in Line”, ”A Jackson In Your House”, “The Waltz”, Rashid Johnson, 2023 © Rashid Johnson
To the left: Janus Fleuri, Louise Bourgeois, 1968
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY/Bildupphovsrätt 2023. To the right: Bruise Painting "Song for Charles", Rashid Johnson, 2023 © Rashid Johnson
To the left: Janus Fleuri, Louise Bourgeois, 1968
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY/Bildupphovsrätt 2023. To the right: Bruise Painting "Song for Charles", Rashid Johnson, 2023 © Rashid Johnson
From left to right: Untitled (Chair), Rashid Johnson, 2023 © Rashid Johnson. Untitled, Lee Bontecou, 1959 ©️ Lee Bontecou 2023 All Rights Reserved. Painting Made by Dancing, Niki de Saint Phalle, Robert Rauschenberg, 1961 © Niki Charitable Art Foundation/Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Tertia, Barnett Newman, 1964 © Barnett Newman / Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Brace, Ellen Gallagher, 1997 ©️ Ellen Gallagher. Punch, Peek & Feel, Lee Lozano, 1967-1970 © The Estate of Lee Lozano. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth. Carnation sanguine, Jean Dubuffet, 1950 © Jean Dubuffet / Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Emblema 70, Rubem Valentim, 1970 © Rubem Valentim. Untitled, Toshimitsu Imaï, 1981 © Toshimitsu Imaï. Roman Notes, Cy Twombly, 1970 © Cy Twombly Foundation. Utan titel, Ernest Mancoba, 1962 Courtesy: Estate Ferlov Mancoba, Copenhagen. Tadana VI, Tadeusz Kantor, 1957 ©️ Tadeusz Kantor. The Wooden Horse: Number 10 A, Jackson Pollock, 1948 ©The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Untitled (Edge Painting), Sam Francis, 1968 © 2023 Sam Francis Foundation, California / Bildupphovsrätt. Transparent Painting: Ultramarine Blue, Marcia Hafif, 1982 ©️ Marcia Hafif. Journey, Herbert Gentry, 1973 © Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos. Deux têtes, Karel Appel, 1964 © Karel Appel/Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Til min søster, Asger Jorn, 1952 © Donation Jorn, Silkeborg/ Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Figure in Marsh Landscape, Willem de Kooning, 1966 © The Willem de Kooning Foundation, New York/Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Variation sur un rectangle, Jean Fautrier, 1957 © Jean Fautrier / Bildupphovsrätt 2023. Sans titre, Etel Adnan, 1973 ©️ Etel Adnan. Off Square, Stanley Whitney, 2016 © Stanley Whitney
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth © Rashid Johnson.
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth © Rashid Johnson.
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth © Rashid Johnson.
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth © Rashid Johnson.
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth © Rashid Johnson.
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth © Rashid Johnson
