Busted LCD screens, cut-up pornography magazines, techno music, gold leaf, and pointed paper are combined into new narratives about migration, identity, and screen culture.
The word fragmentation frequently appears in today’s discourse. It is used to describe a world marked by everything from political polarization and dissolved communities to cunning algorithms that leave us in a state of constant distraction. At the same time, fragmentation is a central strategy in art with roots in the avant-garde's collages and montages.
In this exhibition featuring works from The Fredriksen Family Collection, fragmentation is explored as a theme and technique in global contemporary art. Specifically, it concerns artists who break apart a whole, only to piece the fragments together into new expressions. Here, one encounters works created through cutting, grinding, folding, taping, gluing, sampling, and the use of flock algorithms.
The exhibition features works by Firelei Báez, Louise Bourgeois, Mark Bradford, Roni Horn, Suzanne Jackson, Simone Leigh, Wangechi Mutu, Maja Ruznic, Shahzia Sikander, Sarah Sze, and TARWUK.
The Fredriksen Family Collection – a collection in development The pillar room is dedicated to exhibitions featuring works from The Fredriksen Family Collection, a collection in continuous development, focusing on artworks from the post-war period to the present day. The exhibitions will change as the museum makes new selections and presentations of the collection. The pillar room complements the museum's own collection presentation and stands out with its distinct exhibition architecture. The artworks expand the museum's narratives about the present and our recent past.
