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“Scandinavians generally possess an intimate understanding of nature and because of this have a heightened appreciation of the intrinsic qualities of raw materials (especially local ones). The long and rich traditions of craftmanship and folk art that have existed in all five countries demonstrate not only the Scandinavian peoples' empathy for materials, but also their desire to infuse everyday objects with a natural, unpretentious beauty.”
― Scandinavian Design
― Scandinavian Design
“Contemporary historians have shown how extensive the sterilization project was in Sweden and that it was officially sanctioned. Sweden was also one of the pioneering countries when it came to racial biology with a State Institute of Racial Biology founded already in 1922 in Uppsala. These few examples testify to a complex biopolitical scenography that goes against the myth of Sweden as a progressive, cosmopolitan, and ‘neutral’ country.”
― Swedish Art History : A Selection of Introductory Texts
― Swedish Art History : A Selection of Introductory Texts
“From Town Plan to Cutlery (Från stadsplan till matbestick) was the evocative title of a Swedish exhibition held in Zürich in 1949. It can be viewed as a symbol of the 1950’s dream of being able to design everything in society and in everyday life – down to the smallest detail.”
― Swedish Art History : A Selection of Introductory Texts
― Swedish Art History : A Selection of Introductory Texts
“... the anarcho-feminist artist Monica Sjöö (1938–2005) caused a scandal with her painting God Giving Birth in which God was depicted as a black woman giving birth.”
― Swedish Art History : A Selection of Introductory Texts
― Swedish Art History : A Selection of Introductory Texts
“Anna Odell... reconstructed her own psychological breakdown back in 1995 at a central bridge in Stockholm, complete with the intervention of unknowing police and healthcare personnel, filmed it, and showed the resulting film as a work of art... Odell’s purpose was to show how our society handles mental health issues, but the debate was mostly focused on her wasting hospital resources. Odell was fined 2500 SEK, but this got her career off to a great start...”
― Swedish Art History : A Selection of Introductory Texts
― Swedish Art History : A Selection of Introductory Texts
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