Tony Oursler

M*r>0r

September 16 – December 11 & Spring 2017
Curators: Richard Julin & Tessa Praun

Press preview: Wednesday, September 14, 12-2pm. 
RSVP by Friday, September 9 to Lisa Boström, Communications Manager: bostrom@magasin3.com

Tony Oursler (USA) is one of the key figures in the development of video art. This fall, we are showing a selection of his newest works in relation to those created for Oursler’s exhibition in 2002 at Magasin III.

From exhibition curators Richard Julin and Tessa Praun:
The Magasin III Collection is a perpetual source of new presentations and reinterpretations. Through the years, we have worked with a great number of artists whose works are very well represented in the collection. It is exciting to show them in relation to the artists’ current practice.

 

Tony Oursler experimented early on with the moving image that extended beyond the borders of the TV monitor. Since the 1970s, he has related his interest in technology to psychology and supernatural dimensions. For some time, Oursler has focused on the ever-increasing spread of data tracking and surveillance programs, with a particular interest in facial recognition software. He creates a sort of digital portrait in which we can see ourselves through the lens of machines we have recently created.

 

The exhibition will run for two seasons and will also include a new production of Tony Oursler’s acclaimed outdoor work The Influence Machine. In the fall of 2002, this large-scale work was shown at Djurgårdsbrunn in Stockholm over three consecutive evenings. In the fall of 2016, we will show The Influence Machine in collaboration with Stockholm University.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Magasin III has produced a pamphlet with texts relating to the artworks and exhibition that will be distributed to all visitors free of charge. From September 16, 2016 the pamphlet will also available as a PDF on magasin3.com

 

About the artist

Tony Oursler, born in 1957, lives and works in New York City. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California Institute of the Arts in 1979. Oursler’s works have been exhibited at institutions such as the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, USA; Documenta VIII and IX in Kassel, Germany; the Museum of Modern Art in New York City; Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris; the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, USA; Skulptur Projekte in Münster; Museum Ludwig in Cologne; Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC, and Tate Liverpool.

 

Christine Ödlund – Aether & Einstein also on view this fall

Christine Ödlund
Aether & Einstein
September 16 – December 11, 2016
Curator: Richard Julin

The large solo exhibition with Swedish artist, Christine Ödlund will be shown parallel to Tony Oursler this fall. Magasin III is producing a comprehensive publication about Christine Ödlund’s work.

Exhibition Program 2016/2017

Tony Oursler
September 16 – December 11, Spring 2017
Curators: Richard Julin & Tessa Praun

Christine Ödlund
Aether & Einstein
September 16 – 11 december
Curator: Richard Julin

Gunnel Wåhlstrand
February – June 2017
Curators: David Neuman & Bronwyn Griffith

For press inquiries please contact:

Lisa Boström, Communications Manager
Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art
bostrom@magasin3.com
Tel + 46 8-545 680 58

The Nature of Particles

Jake & Dinos Chapman, Francisco Goya

February 26 – June 5, 2016

Curator: Tessa Praun

Press preview: Wednesday, February 24, 12-2pm. RSVP by Friday, January 19 to lindblad@magasin3.com.

With drawing, sculpture and film that often combine scenes of violence with absurd or humorous elements, Jake and Dinos Chapman deliver powerful statements on society, politics and religion. Deeply engaged in contemporary issues of morality, the Chapman brothers are intent on putting the viewer in a state of complete moral panic.

Time and again, the Chapman brothers have returned to depictions of war by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Through a generous loan from Sweden’s Nationalmuseum, twenty plates from Goya’s original edition of etchings will now enter in direct dialogue with the Chapman brothers’ works. The Nature of Particles showcases two artistic oeuvres—one historic and one contemporary—as a means of underlining the topicality and complexity that the works represent.

Tessa Praun, exhibition curator:

I believe most of us are frightened by evil, yet at the same time, humanity is the source of all wars and has an obvious propensity for war, violence and the grotesque. The exhibition presents an encounter between two groundbreaking artistic oeuvres. Though they are separated by 200 years, these artists touch upon the darkest sides of humanity—and are often met with radically different responses.

Presented in the exhibition is a selection of recent works by the Chapman brothers, as well as a new, site-specific installation with poetry and taxidermied crows. A central work is The Sum of All Evil (2012–2013), in which four dioramas depict an intense landscape inhabited by thousands of miniature figures. An inferno of atrocities incessantly rages on—a nightmare behind glass, at once both repulsive and fascinating. Positioned here and there throughout the exhibition space are life-sized figures clad in white Ku Klux Klan outfits. They stand contemplating the artworks, wearing smiley badges on their chests and thick rainbow colored socks and Birkenstock sandals on their feet—strong symbols that stand for very different ideologies. These figures are also feature in the cinema installation Kino Klub (2013), where one can see Fucking Hell, a montage of films the Chapman brothers have created since the early 1990s.

An Extension of Like A Prayer:

The Nature of Particles stems from the exhibition Like A Prayer, currently on view in two adjacent rooms. Featured here is Disasters of War (1999), one of many Chapman brothers’ works based on Goya’s depictions of war. In these 83 etchings they have both made additions to Goya’s motifs and made their own freestanding etchings including contemporary symbols of violence, elements of childish humor and surrealist impulses.

A Collaboration with Sweden’s Nationalmuseum:

A generous loan from the collections of Nationalmuseum forms the hub of the exhibition: twenty plates from Goya’s Los Desastres de la Guerra (ca 1810-1823) engage in direct dialogue with works by the Chapman brothers. Goya’s suite of etchings depicts the atrocities inflicted upon the Spanish people by Napoleon’s invading army, but also the subsequent revenge exacted. The images are often described as the first unromanticized depictions of war. Comprised of 80 etchings, the suite was first published in 1863, a full 35 years after Goya’s death.

About the Artists:

Brothers Jake Chapman (b 1966) and Dinos Chapman (b 1962) graduated from the Royal College of Art, London in 1990 and have been collaborating since. The Chapmans have held solo shows at Serpentine Sackler Gallery (2013); The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (2012) and Tate Britain, London (2007), among others. In the mid-1990s, their sculptures were included in the Young British Artists showcase exhibitions Brilliant! and Sensation. Other selected group exhibitions include the 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (2011); 17th Biennale of Sydney (2010); Kunstvereign, Hamburg (2009) and Kiasma, Helsinki (2006). In 2003, the brothers Chapman were nominated for the Turner Prize. The exhibition Jake and Dinos Chapman, John Currin was held at Magasin III in 2007. For a full biography please click “download press release as PDF” or “print press release” (above).

Francisco Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) was born in 1746 in Fuendetodos/Zaragoza, Spain, and died in 1828 in Bordeaux, Frankrike.

Artist Talk and Audio Guide:

Jake Chapman will hold an artist talk on Thursday, February 25, 5pm at Radiohuset, Studio 4, Stockholm.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Magasin III has produced an audio guide with stories and comments by Tessa Praun, Jake Chapman and Karin Sidén, Museum Director of Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde. The audio guide is available to download or stream from magasin3.com (from February 26, 2016).

For press inquiries, please contact:

Lisa Boström, Communications Manager
Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art
bostrom@magasin3.com
+ 46 8 545 680 58

Aether & Einstein

Christine Ödlund

February 6 – June 5 & September 16 – December 11, 2016

Curator: Richard Julin

 

Press preview: Wednesday, February 3, 12-2pm. RSVP by Friday, January 29 to lindblad@magasin3.com.

In 2016, Magasin III presents an extensive exhibition with the artist and composer Christine Ödlund, known for creating unique encounters between art and science. The exhibition, Aether & Einstein, introduces several new series of drawings, paintings, video- and audio works as well as large scale site-specific installations featuring living plants.

The exhibition transforms Magasin III into a laboratory of sorts where, among other things, the artist examines the communication between humans and plants. As a visitor to this magical world, one is offered the opportunity to discover and explore the interplay between the senses.

Richard Julin, exhibition curator:

Christine Ödlund’s art has enchanted me for many years. Our exhibition presents her entire fascinating breadth – including everything from installations with vivaria, animations of the dance of plants and audio works for air roots, to stained glass windows and painted musical scores. Metaphysics meets science in her singular, entirely unique world.

The focal points of the exhibition are the installations Xylem Floem (2016) and Astral Flight Adapter (2016), both of which are produced specifically for the exhibition. Xylem Floem consists of a group of vivaria featuring ferns and other plants. As a visitor, one can enter a grotto-like space where sound experiments with roots occur. Signals from these experiments are then transferred to the installation Astral Flight Adapter, where they take on the form of sound and moving images.

Christine Ödlund finds inspiration in, among other things, synesthesia, a neurological condition, and Theosophy, a philosophical teaching that gained ground during the late 1800s. In addition to the new, large scale installations, Christine Ödlund has created a plethora of paintings using plant pigments, time-lapse films featuring both plants and metals, and several new audio works. The exhibition bathes in a light colored by stained glass windows constructed using traditional techniques of the middle ages. Old meets new in this exhibition, which is a contemporary Gesamtkunstwerk.

About the artist:

Christine Ödlund was born in 1963 in Hägersten, Sweden. She lives and works in Stockholm. Christine Ödlund’s oeuvre has a broad scope with roots in several disciplines. She studied composition at Elektronmusikstudion EMS Stockholm after first studying photography at Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design from 1992 to 1995 and video arts at the Royal Institute of Arts in Stockholm from 1995 to 1996. Since her first solo exhibition in 1995 at the alternative art space Ynglingagatan 1 in Stockholm, she has created numerous intersections of art, science, and music. She has regularly presented solo exhibitions at galleries and has taken part in music and film festivals in Sweden and abroad.

Christine Ödlund’s first solo museum exhibition was at the Trondheim Museum of Art in Norway in 2014. In recent years, her work has been shown in group exhibitions at the eighth Momentum Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art in Moss, Norway (2015); the Marrakech Bienniale in Morocco (2014); the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands (2013); Lunds Konsthall in Lund, Sweden (2013); MOT – Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo in Japan (2012); and The Moderna Exhibition for contemporary Swedish artists at Moderna Museet in Stockholm (2010). In 2011, Christine Ödlund was nominated for Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter’s Culture Prize.

Programs, Publication & Album:

Christine Ödlund will hold a talk and concert on Friday, February 26, 5-7pm at Dome of Visions (Valhallavägen 79, Stockholm).

In conjunction with the exhibition, Magasin III has produced a pamphlet with texts relating to the artworks and exhibition that will be distributed to all visitors free of charge. The pamphlet is available as a PDF on magasin3.com.

A richly illustrated book on Christine Ödlund’s works will be published in the fall of 2016. Ödlund will at that time also release her second album in the fall. Her first full-length album, Phenomena, came out on iDEAL Recordings in 2008, and is available on Spotify.

The Spring Season at Magasin III:

Like A Prayer is on view February 6 – June 5. The Nature of Particles, with Jake & Dinos Chapman and Francisco Goya, is on view February 26 – June 5.

For press inquiries, please contact:

Lisa Boström, Communications Manager
Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art
bostrom@magasin3.com
+ 46 8 545 680 58

Magasin III

2016 Exhibition Program

Aether & Einstein
Christine Ödlund
Curator: Richard Julin
Feb 6 – June 5 and Sep 16 – Dec 11, 2016
Press preview: Wednesday, Feb 3, 12 – 2 pm
Read more

The Nature of Particles
Jake and Dinos Chapman & Francisco Goya
Curator: Tessa Praun
Feb 26 – June 5, 2016
Press preview: Tuesday, Feb 23, 12 – 2 pm Please note! New date: Wednesday, February 24, 12 – 2pm

Tony Oursler
Curators: Richard Julin, Tessa Praun
Sep– Dec 2016 and Spring 2017

With reservation for changes.

Program activities at Magasin III are mainly conducted within the framework of III ArtClub. Read more about III Art Club.

Collaborations x3

I:
Magasin III’s current collaboration with Medelhavsmuseet (The Museum of the Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities) began when they generously agreed to loan 25 Etruscan votive offerings to our exhibition Like A Prayer. The collaboration has also included a lecture and guided tours at both museums. These programs will continue during the exhibition’s second season. On April 8th, Magasin III will participate in Medelhavsmuseet’s series “An evening on…” exploring the theme worry. (Please note: the program will be held in Swedish.) The opportunity to visit both Magasin III and Medelhavsmuseet for a reduced price is valid through June 5, 2016. Read more.

II:
Magasin III will collaborate with Dome of Visions on an artist talk and concert by Christine Ödlund on Friday, February 26, 5-7pm. Read more about Dome of Visions.

III:
For the exhibition Disasters of War, Magasin III is borrowing 20 etchings from the collections of Nationalmuseum. Jake and Dinos Chapman’s work Disasters of War, 1999 (on view in the exhibition Like A Prayer), is based on Francisco Goya’s series of etchings Los Desastres de la Guerra, ca 1810-1823. Through a generous loan from Nationalmuseum, Magasin III is able to show a selection of Goya’s original etchings together with a presentation of the brothers Chapman’s body of work.

 

For press inquiries, please contact:

Lisa Boström, Communications Manager
Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art
bostrom@magasin3.com
+ 46 8 545 680 58

On October 8, 2015, the Vice-Chancellors office at Stockholm University officiated the development of a new artistic forum. To be located in a former physics laboratorium at the university, Accelerator is a unique new arena for exhibitions, screenings, talks and interdisciplinary projects connecting the humanities, social science and science departments.

The idea has been under development for a long time by David Neuman, Museum Director at Magasin III and affiliated professor at Stockholm University’s MA program Curating Art; and professor Margaretha Rossholm-Lagerlöf. Magasin III has been involved with the university since 2003; this further development of the good relations between the institutions has emerged in discussions between David Neuman and Robert Weil, whose company Proventus has financed Magasin III since its start in 1987. Accelerator will be financed both by private financiers and strategic partners, of which Magasin III acts as both.

Astrid Söderbergh Widding, Vice-Chancellor at Stockholm University, is spokesman for the project. Professor Johan Kleman, who has has previous experience in building new enterprises and structures within the university, has been appoitned pro tem director of Accelerator during the construction phase, and senior advisor to the Vice-Chancellor on strategic partnerships.

The underground Manne Siegbahn accelerator hall boasts 1,700-square meters of floor space and a 7-meter ceiling height; it lies two minutes from the subway stop Universitetet. Akademiska hus is responsible for the renovation, which will meet strict climate requirements essential for exhibiting sensitive art on loan. The project is scheduled to open in 2017.

For press inquiries related to Magasin III’s involvement in the project, please contact: Lisa Boström, Communications Manager, Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art: bostrom@magasin3.com, 070-7728722

Spokesperson for all other aspects of Accelerator is:
Astrid Söderbergh Widding, Vice-Chancellor, Stockholm University: astrid.soderbergh.widding@su.se

We at Magasin III believe that art has the ability to challenge and inspire people and society. In everything we do we strive to give our visitors a discovery: about art, him- or herself, or our times. Creators in the fields of film, music, dance, architecture, literature, fashion and design are constantly inspired by each other.

In our new series of short films, III in 3, which refers to Magasin III as the location and the length of the films, we talk about art with invited guests.

The third episode features writer and comedian Zinat Pirzadeh who reflects on art’s ability to help one to process grief, or to heal old wounds. This episode takes place in the exhibition Like A Prayer, which features 14 artists from 11 countries. The exhibition, curated by Richard Julin and Tessa Praun, offers a poetic interpretation of moments of crisis, where objects—both ancient and contemporary—can be seen as a sort of prayer.

The first and second guests on III in 3 were experimental fashion designer Bea Szenfeld and film director Roy Andersson, who explored the exhibition Markus Schinwald.

See the film with Zinat Pirzadeh. (In Swedish.)

For press enquiries please contact:

Jennifer Lindblad
Communications Manager
Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art
lindblad@magasin3.com
+46 (0) 72 549 05 47

Manuscript:

Zinat Pirzadeh: Shalom! That means hello in Persian.

Tessa Praun: We wanted to show you this exhibition called Like A Prayer. In this exhibition, it was important for us to focus on hope, because hope is what people often turn to when things get tough.

ZP: I’m curious.

TP: This is the work of artist Ulf Rollof. He made this piece during a time when he was experiencing intense pain.

ZP: Artists are so wonderful because they are so honest. That they open their hearts in that way…

Richard Julin: This work is titled “Woman giving birth to herself”, by the artist Sigalit Landau.

ZP: Actually, we do that biologically as well. Every seventh year all the atoms in our body are replaced. I’m not the same person who fled that day.

RJ: A Swedish artist who was born in Iran, Sirous Namazi. He thought back to the moment when his family was forced to flee their home in Iran. Many migrants or refugees, as we see today, do not have access to something as simple as a sink.

ZP: No, you don’t. Water is not a given. During the war in Iran, sometimes we went a whole week without access to clean water or electricity. It’s sad to have to go through a war to appreciate life.

ZP: I saw immediately that there were hand grenades. I have had one. It’s wonderful that one can make them so colorful and happy. This is like a metaphor for us, survivors of war. Even if you’re now living the good life, the forms of war remain inside you. This work really speaks to me.

ZP: Who has made this work?

TP: Lars Nilsson, who has sculpted it to look as though it’s made of clay. But it actually isn’t clay!

ZP: I like that the feet are so intact. He’s broken but still has his feet on the ground, he’s down to earth. It almost looks like they will start walking away at any time. I like it.

ZP: Art is really so amazing. We must take care of our artists.

TP: It’s been fantastic to hear your spontaneous reactions and thoughts. And so many unexpected reactions!

We at Magasin III believe that art has the ability to challenge and inspire people and society. In everything we do we strive to give our visitors a discovery: about art, him- or herself, or our times.

Creators in the fields of film, music, dance, architecture, literature, fashion and design are constantly inspired by each other. In our new series of short films III in 3, which refers to Magasin III as the location and the length of the films, we talk about art with invited guests.

The second invited guest is film director Roy Andersson who considers the role of art, how it effects him as a director and as a person. Together with one of Magasin III’s curators, Tessa Praun, he explores the current exhibition Markus Schinwald, which contains elements of film, fashion and psychology.

The first guest on III in 3 was experimental fashion designer Bea Szenfeld. A new film with a new guest, taking place in Like A Prayer, will be released shortly.

See the film with Roy Andersson. (In Swedish)

For press enquiries please contact:

Jennifer Lindblad
Communications Manager
Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art
lindblad@magasin3.com
+46 (0) 72 549 05 47

Manuscript:

Tessa Praun: Hi Roy, welcome to Magasin III! We’re glad to have you here.

Roy Andersson: Thank you. I’ve never been here before. Exciting to finally be here!

TP: Even better! So what do you know about the artist Markus Schinwald whose work we’re looking at today?

RA: I must be honest, there is no reason not to be- I don’t know that much about him, actually.

TP: Shall we go in and have a look?

RA: Let’s see who this man is… Open, Sesame!

TP: Exciting.

RA: In here, I assume? Here? No, can’t be. Yes here is something, can I open it?

TP: Wanna have a look?

RA: Wow!

TP: The artist buys lithographs from the 1800s and scans them into the computer. Then he makes changes and copies the details… and calls them prostheses.

RA: I feel like she’s not even aware of the fact that she become a victim of this provocation. She is so preoccupied with herself. By her time and class, who took for granted they would be waited on by the lower class. This artist makes a powerful statement here. With some justification, actually – this class is responsible for two damn world wars.

RA:  This is a very special place… Oh this room was very nice! Amazing, it’s like a reminder of ourselves. Our behaviors, how we relate to different things. I don’t think the older generations looked at these topics. It was probably not interesting or important enough. This kind of art belongs probably to the modern times, exploring humanity in this way.

RA: If I press here, it will come out there. Children would love this!

RA: An exhibition like this makes me feel the inexhaustibility of existence. I believe that if you engage in artistic expression, you have a huge responsibility. You create something, through which people understand the world around them. That’s what I call responsibility!

TP: That rests heavy on your shoulders, yeah?

RA: Yes, it absolutely does.

 

 

We at Magasin III believe that art has the ability to challenge and inspire people and society. In everything we do we strive to give our visitors a discovery: about art, him- or herself, or our times.

Creators in the fields of film, music, dance, architecture, literature, fashion and design are constantly inspired by each other. In our new series of short films ”III in 3”, which refers to Magasin III as the location and the length of the films, we talk about art with invited guests.

First up is experimental fashion designer Bea Szenfeld. Together with one of Magasin III’s curators, Tessa Praun, she explores the current exhibition Markus Schinwald, which contains elements of fashion, film and psychology.

Two more films, with two new guests, will be released shortly.

See the film with Bea Szenfeld. (In Swedish)

For press enquiries please contact:

Jennifer Lindblad
Communications Manager
Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art
lindblad@magasin3.com
+46 (0) 72 549 05 47

Manuscript:

Tessa Praun: Hi Bea, welcome to Magasin III!

Bea Szenfeld: Thank you.

TP: Do you have any idea what to expect today in the exhibition?

BS: Sometimes it can be liberating not to read too much before an exhibition. To instead see if the art can tell me something in itself.

BS: Okay… Am I supposed to go through that? How scary… It’s almost too modern for me! Too scary. (Pause) Wow… So beautiful! I recognize the sketches.

TP: The artist buys lithographs – 19th century portraits – then scans them into the computer. Then changes them, twists them, moves them around.

BS: Look! It’s his shirt! What a genius. Is this for real? Is it even possible to make something like this?

TP: Yeah, the idea is to make it look like it’s from the 1800s. So that even his additions look original.

BS: It’s a bit… It’s a bit fetishistic with the little we see now. There is an orderliness, and at the same time a madness. In a good way, in a funny way. It really stands out, that the artist really goes there …

TP: So this is similar to the way he works with the black and white portraits…

BS: Wow, look! It’s so beautiful, because to create such a deep you need to use so incredibly many layers. Wow, this is the best! ”I’m just sitting here, chewing on an apple.” And look! A distorted shoe!

TP: It’s called Curvings.

BS: This… Is…

TP: Initially, Markus thought that he wanted to become a fashion designer. He started off making conceptual clothing

BS: Six fingers on a glove – that’s conceptual. And no thumb. It’s awesome! There’s such a craft to paint acrylics, watercolors…

TP: Or to put together the machines…

BS: There’s no world without art. It’s impossible. When I came here I wondered, “What is this all about?” I felt Markus’s sense of fashion immediately, I experienced it as tiny messages. There was something in his manner of presenting – or how he worked with faces or whatever, that made me feel “this is really something.”

TP: Maybe it’s little winks from Markus to Bea?

Like A Prayer

Eitan Ben-Moshe, Louise Bourgeois, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Mona Hatoum, Emil Westman Hertz, Sigalit Landau, Matts Leiderstam, Sirous Namazi, Maria Nepomuceno, Lars Nilsson, Linus Nordensson Spångberg, Ulf Rollof, Peter Schuyff, Per B Sundberg

Curators: Richard Julin, Tessa Praun

Sept 11 – Dec 13, 2015 & Feb 6 – June 5, 2016

Like A Prayer presents works by fourteen artists from eleven countries in the Magasin III collection, together with a group of objects from the collection of The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities. The artworks shown are both fragile and forceful investigations of highly personal or collective experiences and memories: Mona Hatoum’s glass hand grenades, Sirous Namazi’s recollections of his flight from Iran and Ulf Rollof’s processing of pain, to name a few. A central theme in the exhibition is how we humans put great faith in hope when faced with crisis.

Richard Julin and Tessa Praun, exhibition curators:

Our own disquiet about the world around us has influenced our perception when selecting pieces from the Magasin III collection. The juxtaposition of objects that were made so recently and those that are over 2,000 years old points to something deeply human. These objects—whether contemporary or from antiquity—can be seen as a sort of prayer in a world rife with incomprehensible violence, anxiety and disease.

This is the first time many of the artists are being exhibited at Magasin III, for example Eitan Ben-Moshe, Peter Schuyff, Emil Westman Hertz and Linus Nordensson Spångberg. Like A Prayer will also feature works by Lars Nilsson and Per B Sundberg that are new additions to the museum’s collection.

A Collaboration with The Museum of the Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities

Magasin III’s curators have selected twenty-five Etruscan votives from The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities’ collection. These objects were made ca 200 BCE in Tessennano (Vulci), Italy; all represent human body parts. Christian Mühlenbock, Acting Director at The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities:

The votives were made by local craftsmen, possibly with some instruction from temple visitors. Some of the terracotta figurines are cast while others are modeled by hand. After production, they were placed inside the temple: on shelves, mounted directly on the wall, or suspended by a string from the ceiling. These objects were offered in gratitude for or in the hope of a cure for illness or other afflictions.

Publication

In conjunction with the exhibition, Magasin III will produce a richly illustrated exhibition brochure with texts on the the exhibition’s themes as well as the various artworks. It will be distributed free of charge to visitors and be available as a PDF download on magasin3.com. Read more and download the PDF.

The Fall Season at Magasin III

New in the exhibition Markus Schinwald: the film Orient (2011), a two-channel video installation, will replace Dictio pii (2001). A new oil painting, Jenn (2014) will join the installation Stage Complex (2015), which fills the entire lower floor of Magasin III. The exhibition is on view through December 13, 2015.

About The Museum of the Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities

With finds from ancient Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, the Roman Empire and the Middle East, The Museum of the Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities is Sweden’s main archaeological museum of Mediterranean cultures. The museum is one of four Swedish National Museums of World Culture.

For press inquiries please contact:

Lisa Boström, Communications Manager, bostrom@magasin3.com, tel +46 8 545 680 58

Austrian artist Markus Schinwald made a strong impression on Stockholm this spring with his solo exhibition at Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art. During just three days in May, Schinwald’s Stage Complex (2015), a site-specific installation that fills the entire lower floor of the museum, will become a point of departure and a stage for an innovative dance performance.

The performance is choreographed by Markus Schinwald for and with six modern dancers from the Royal Swedish Ballet. A key access point for the project is the artist’s interest in the possibilities and limitations of the human body.

Markus Schinwald about the performance:
“It is a piece that blurs the boundaries between an intentional movement and the body’s reflexes – sneezing becomes an act and toe dancing an incidental motion. Limbs are not bound to one individual but appear as if they are for joint use.” 

Ballet director Johannes Öhman first approached Magasin III about a collaborative project in the spring of 2014. It was perfect timing for Magasin III, since curator Tessa Praun was planning the exhibition with Schinwald, for whom dance and performance are an integral part of his artistic practice.

Johannes Öhman, Director of the Royal Swedish Ballet:
“The interesting element for me is the room – how the dance effects and is integrated into Schinwald’s installation. When these two artforms meet a new artistic expression is born.

Choreography and music: Markus Schinwald
Choreographer’s Assistant: Michael Schumacher
Rehearsal Director: Satoshi Kudo
Performing dancers: Clyde Archer, Mariko Kida, Anthony Lomuljo, Rena Narumi, Anton Valdbauer, Amanda Åkesson
Cello: Emma Augustsson

The performance

The performance will be presented at Magasin III:
Thursday, May 21, 6pm
Friday, May 22, 6:30pm
Saturday, May 23, 12:30pm
Saturday, May 23, 3pm

Tickets will be released May 8. Read more and purchase tickets on magasin3.com/royalswedishballet.

Preview Wednesday, May 20, 6pm. Limited space available.
There will also be a small number of press tickets available for each public performance. Please express your interest by May 11 to Jennifer Lindblad (lindblad@magasin3.com).

Please note that access to the exhibition space on the lower level of Magasin III may be limited May 21 – 23.

About the artist

Markus Schinwald was born in 1973 in Salzburg, Austria, and lives and works in Vienna and New York. Schinwald represented Austria in the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011. Recent major solo exhibitions include the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco, jointly organized with SFMOMA; the M – Museum Leuven in Belgium (2014); CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux (2013); Lentos Museum, Linz (2011); Kunsthaus Bregenz (2009); and Migros Museum, Zürich (2008).

The exhibition Markus Schinwald takes place at Magasin III February 14 – June 7 and continues September 11 – December 13, 2015. It is the artist’s first large-scale solo presentation in Sweden. Read more about the exhibition.

About the Royal Swedish Ballet

The Royal Swedish Ballet was established in 1773 and is one of the world’s oldest dance companies. Under the leadership of ballet director Johannes Öhman, the company has expanded to include some of the foremost modern dancers of today. The collaboration with Magasin III is a further step in the realization of Johannes Öhman’s wish to explore the possibilities of artistic processes.

About Magasin III

Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art is one of Europe’s leading institutions for contemporary art. Located since 1987 in a former warehouse in Stockholm’s Free Port, Magasin III exhibitits its multifaceted collection as well as ambitious presentations of internationally established artists.

For more information please contact:

Jennifer Lindblad, Communications Manager
Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art
lindblad@magasin3.com
+46 72 549 05 47

Torbjörn Eriksson, Director of Press and Information
The Royal Swedish Opera
Torbjorn.eriksson@operan.se
+46 70 634 43 53