Utopia and Reality: Modernity in Sweden 1900-1960 - Brief Article

MODERNA MUSEET

Though a small country far from the centers of power and culture, Sweden is second to none when it comes to the history of modernization. Where else was the idea of the welfare state implemented with such zeal, affecting not only the material well-being of the Swedes but the organization of their cities, the look of their buildings, and the design of their homes? This ambitious exhibition, organized by the Moderna Museet's Cecilia Widenheim, brings together art, architecture, design, photography, and film in a panoramic survey of this (apparently) all-encompassing development from the turn of the century to 1960, when promotion of the social-democratic utopia reached its zenith. Oct. 7, 2000--Jan. 14, 2001.

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