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Jan Håfström – The Lost World
An exhibition of Swedish artist Jan Håfström, curated by Matilda Olof-Ors.
Preview: written before the show opened
Some of the objects arrive wrapped. Jan Håfström has carefully bound or covered certain pieces, the museum says, as if to protect them or to hold together something that might otherwise fall apart. Everything here is new, brought straight from the studio of an artist born in 1937 who has been showing since the 1960s.
You won't find one painting per wall. In his studio, paintings, sculptures and painted objects gather on walls and floors in temporary clusters, and the show keeps them that way, as installations rather than single works. Håfström calls his practice an archaeological dig through his own life: childhood memories of the Second World War sit beside refugee crossings of the Mediterranean and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
It fills the smaller exhibition room on Floor 4. Entry is 170 SEK (140 reduced), free for ages 18 and under and on Fridays 18:00 to 20:00. Håfström talks with the curator on 16 October at 17:00, in Swedish and free.
Look for
The wrapped objects
Look for pieces Håfström has carefully bound or covered, as if to protect them or keep them from falling apart.
The studio clusters
Paintings, sculptures and painted objects are grouped into larger installations, the way they gather on the walls and floor of his studio.
Good for
- An Hour Or Less
- Evening Visits
With kids
Free for ages 18 and under. The works touch on war, refugee crossings, loneliness and loss.
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- Jan Håfström – The Lost WorldCourtesy of Moderna Museet
- Byggfenomen: The First and Last Thing We SeeCourtesy of ArkDes
- To the Sea!Courtesy of Nationalmuseum
- Kåge – Sketches and Drawings from the Nationalmuseum ArchivesCourtesy of Nationalmuseum
- Moderna MuseetHolger Ellgaard / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- ArkDesMarco Cappelletti, CC BY 4.0
- Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska museet)Holger.Ellgaard / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- NationalmuseumJacob Shaw / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Vasa Museum (Vasamuseet)Holger.Ellgaard / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0