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Installation view over a mountain-like sculpture made out of wood boards

Stina Ekman, The Groke, 1989 Photo: Åsa Lundén/Moderna Museet Bildupphovsrätt 2023

Artist talk: Stina Ekman

Sleepless Nights

4.3 2023

Stockholm

Take a deeper look into the 1980s and meet the artist Stina Ekman, in a talk with Anna Tellgren, curator of “Sleepless Nights – the 1980s in the Moderna Museet Collection”. Stina Ekman is one of many Nordic female artists highlighted in the exhibition, who rose to fame in the 1980s.

In 1985, Stina Ekman’s work “Gitter” (Lattice) was shown at Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Hundreds of cube-shaped sculptures filled the walls and floor of the square space, giving Ekman her major breakthrough. The exhibition “Sleepless Nights – the 1980s in the Moderna Museet Collection” features a selection of pieces from “Gitter”, along with the monumental sculpture “The Groke” from the late 1980s, and several self-portraits.

Meet Stina Ekman in an artist talk with the exhibition’s curator, Anna Tellgren. Learn more about the 1980s art scene and conditions, and hear Ekman speak about her practice and works.

Artist talk: Stina Ekman

Date

Saturday 4 march 2023

Time

At 14–15

Place

In the exhibition “Sleepless Nights – From the 1980s in the Moderna Museet collection”, floor 4

Langauge

Swedish

Price

Entrance ticket to the museum is required, but it’s free to take part of the artist talk.

Pick up your free paper ticket for the talk at the information desk on the same day.

Contact: Karin Malmquist

Installation view over the exhibition "Sleepless Nights"
Marika Mäkelä, "Soon the Wind Died Down". Stina Ekman, "The Groke", "Gitter". , 2023 Photo: Åsa Lundén/Moderna Museet Bildupphovsrätt 2023

About Sleepless Nights

In the 1980s, a number of outstanding female artists emerged in Sweden and the Nordic region, and they are the hub of the exhibition “Sleepless Nights – From the 1980s in the Moderna Museet collection”, featuring works by, among others, Cecilia Edefalk, Stina Ekman, Tuija Lindström, Ingrid Orfali and Cindy Sherman.

“Sleepless Nights – From the 1980s in the Moderna Museet collection” is the first exhibition in the new presentation of the Moderna Museet collection.