Nordic Art. The Modern Breakthrough - exhibition project

19世纪末和20世纪初是北欧国家艺术、文化和智力发展的关键时期，这些国家在欧洲文化中有着重要的根源，但却寻求更多的本土目标。该项目将于2012年12月和2013年夏季在荷兰格罗宁格博物馆和欧洲合作机构这两个著名的场所举办展览和配套的目录/书籍。它将批判性地分析19世纪末和20世纪初的北欧艺术，这是斯堪的纳维亚半岛开创性的重要时期，利用每个北欧国家专家的贡献。它将调查一系列与这一时期斯堪的纳维亚艺术的生产、展示、消费和美学的文化背景有关的研究问题，特别是与民族认同、国际主义和美学实验有关的问题。与其他案例研究不同的是，视觉艺术在塑造国家形象的过程中起着辅助作用，斯堪的纳维亚艺术家的干预在阐明这些问题和随之而来的问题方面发挥着重要作用。关键的实践者将告知这些国家的艺术具有高度影响力的角色和遗产的审查，但也提供了一个起点，以替代阅读和批判性评估的方法，寻求比以前更全面的批判性理解。

The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a crucial period of artistic, cultural and intellectual development in the Nordic nations, which had significant roots in European culture, but sought ever-more autochthonic ends. This project will bring to fruition in December 2012 and summer 2013 an exhibition and accompanying catalogue/book at two prestigious venues: the Groninger Museum, Holland and an European partner institution. It will critically analyse Nordic art in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period of seminal importance in Scandinavia, utilising contributions from experts in each of the Nordic nations. It will investigate a series of research questions related to the cultural context of the production, display, consumption and aesthetics of Scandinavian art during this period, particularly relating to issues of national identity, internationalism and aesthetic experimentation. Unlike other case studies, where the visual arts played an ancillary role in imaging the construction of nationhood, the interventions of Scandinavian artists were of primary importance in the elucidation of these and attendant issues. Key practitioners will inform an examination of the highly influential role and legacy of the art of these nations, but also offer a point of departure to alternative readings and methods of critical assessment, seeking a more integrated critical understanding than has previously been forthcoming.