Cathy's Art Diary

Interesting project at the the National Museum in Stockholm which is using the ongoing renovation programme to look at works of art in a new way. The works on show when I was there had the theme of “Light and Movement” and consisted of two displays of sculpture in natural light. The first room I came across was full bodies displayed on crates and scattered around the room. There were no labels except for numbers but you could pick up a leaflet detailing all the works. It made you look at the works in a new way. The other room was heads on a scaffold structure, some in natural light and some under spotlights. This display made you look at the works as faces rather than slightly blocks of marble. This was a lovely imaginative way of relooking at art.

Exhibition of the portrait photographs of Hans Hammarskiold at the National Museum in Stockholm . This was a beautiful exhibition of black and white photographs including pictures of the Swedish royal family and other famous Swedes. I loved a picture of art historian Ragnar Jospehson which placed his defined profile next to that of a sculptured head. Hammarskiod’s use of light and shade was emphasised by a picture of Dhor Hjorth who looks down so only his hand and tip of his head are in the light.