Screening followed by Q&A with the director Ann-Linn Guillou!
Pontus Hultén (1924-2006) was a pioneer in the museum world and a visionary who put Moderna Museet on the international art map. He took Pop Art to Sweden before it even became known where it originated in the United States. He created big scandal with the sculpture “HON – a cathedral”, a gigantic reclining woman where you would enter through her legs, which became a world sensation in 1966. He also held the world’s first solo exhibition with Andy Warhol, in Stockholm 1968.
After that, Pontus Hultén made an international career and built one of the world’s leading art museums, the world-famous Center Pompidou in Paris and he also established Italy’s first modern art museum among others. By establishing museums around the world, he created an unparalleled platform for modern art. He was contested, but today his contribution to modern art is today undisputed.
But even the most brilliant career can have dark shadows. The documentary also explores the controversial scandal surrounding Andy Warhol’s Brilloboxes. A mysterious and dirty affair that tarnished his reputation after his death. The film meets his closest family and colleagues and gives a new intimate picture of this world star and his legacy. This year Hultén would have turned 100 years old.
