Introduktion

Curator Annika Gunnarsson gives an introduction to the exhibition.

Annika Gunnarsson: I am holding a pencil in my hand. In front of me is a sheet of paper. I fill it with lines. Placed closely together, the lines form surfaces that contrast with each other. Slowly, an image emerges.

The drawing I have made tells of the movement of my hand across the paper. And about how I perceive and visualise the world. Drawing is a way of showing and telling what we think, experience or see.

As you can hear, it is possible to capture an entire story with just a few simple lines.  For over 10,000 years, we humans have known that line drawings can depict scenes of everyday life. But there are no lines in nature. Only contours. They arise when your eyes react to streams of light that differ from each other. This information is vital for your survival in the world.

My name is Annika Gunnarsson and I am the curator of prints and drawings at Moderna Museet. It has been a great pleasure, for me and my colleagues, to create this exhibition for you.

In the exhibition “Yet Another Morning – Drawings from the Moderna Museet Collection”, we present around 150 works that focus on the act of drawing itself. The works tell stories about everything from poetry to politics, and they both reflect and shape the ways we experience life.

The title “Yet Another Morning” is borrowed from the artist Sven Jonson’s drawing from 1936. It is a title that can encompass both hope and despair. How you interpret it says something about your experiences and your view of the world.