Video Tangen-collection

Meet some of the artists featured in the Tangen Collection.

April 30, 2026

"Rebellion and Optimism. Stories from the Tangen Collection" presents a wide range of artists from the 1950s onwards who increasingly embraced unconventional materials, new techniques and experimental ways of working. Questions about what art could be — and what role it should play in society — became increasingly important. In this film, some of the artists share their thoughts.

Featuring around 150 works from the Tangen Collection, the exhibition Rebellion and Optimism explores how artists during this period developed new expressions, processes and perspectives. Anything could become art: mass-produced materials, everyday objects, images and references from art history. Rebellion and Optimism reflects a time when art both responded to contemporary society — and dared to imagine something entirely new.

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