SWEDEN FROM ABOVE
until 29 August 2010
Lars Bygdemark, born and raised in Västerbotten, is without a doubt Sweden’s foremost aerial photographer. On behalf of various clients, he has flown over Sweden for thirty years, taking hundreds of thousands of pictures of a country presenting many different types of landscapes. The stories of the landscape are visible in Lars Bygdemark’s artistically clean-cut pictures. Rolling agricultural landscapes with arable lands and fields, forming stylish patchwork quilts. Small picturesque villages and communities, or large cities where blocks and streets form interesting patterns. The exhibition is produced by The Museum of Västerbotten, Umeå.
MEETINGPLACE: VOICES ON BREASTFEEDING
until 24 October 2010
Breastfeeding is an issue which arouses emotions – warm, happy feelings, but also upsetting emotions. But why is breastfeeding such a controversial subject in our culture? The exhibition is based on interviews with parents, child health nurses and counsellors from the Swedish non-profit organisation Amningshjälpen. The exhibition is produced by Arbetets museum assisted by the organisation Mjölkdroppen, Vårdförbundet (the Swedish Association of Health Professionals), The Multicultural Centre, Botkyrka and the Swedish Society of Nursing.
EWK MUSEUM permanent
Ewert Karlsson is better known by his signature EWK and is one of Sweden’s most famous political cartoonists. A permanent exhibition of his work is to be found on the third level of Arbetets museum. The EWK museum lets the visitor get to know the person and the cartoonist and follow his life from his childhood in Mogata to the publication of his drawings in the New York Times. A special gallery displays some of EWK’s work and temporary exhibitions depicts the work of illustrators active today. EWK museum has been possible thanks to donations from the Center Party, The Federation of Swedish Farmers, the Aftonbladet newspaper and Söderköping municipality.
Robert Nyberg meets EWK in this summer´s theme exhibition, displaying two political cartoonists who skillfully comment on society. Their pictures communicate in different ways but always on the side of the ordinary person.
The EWK Gallery highlights the wedding of the Swedish Crown Princess by displaying pictures by EWK depicting Swedish royalty.
About EWK - Ewert Karlsson
Ewert Karlsson (1918-2004) was born on the farm Rävbrinken in the parish of Mogata which is now part of Söderköping municipality. He trained as a farm foreman. His interest in drawing had been with him since childhood and in 1951 he fulfilled his dreams when he became a professional cartoonist in Stockholm. He his most famous for his political drawings printed in the evening newspaper, Aftonbladet and for the magazine Tidningen Land. Ewert Karlsson´s drawings were also published in a number of prestigious foreign publications including Le Monde, Der Spiegel, The Observer and New York Times. His work has also appeared in book form, such as “80 Political Cartoons by EWK” from 1988, with cartoons representing famous foreign leaders. On several occasions EWK was awarded prizes for his genre. A selection of his drawings have been the subject of many exhibitions in Sweden and his work is also on show at a number of museums throughout the world.
THE INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRY - when Sweden became modern
until April 2012
Focuses on the period 1930 – 1980 when Sweden became industrialised and the welfare system was developed. We have looked into today’s society to understand how Sweden became modern. The exhibition weaves together the memories of individuals with the major issues of the time, politics and economy.
THE BROTHERS
until 29 August 2010
The Norwegian photographer Elin Höyland has portrayed two brothers living together in Vågå, located in the middle of Norway. Harald Ramen, 75 years old, and Mathias Ramen, 80, have always lived together. They live a life without stress and fill their days reading the newspaper, chopping wood and listening to the radio.
THE MYSTERY OF THE CITY – Help Lasse and Maja find the municipal workers
until 17 October 2010
Chaos reigns in the cartoon city of Valleby. Nothing works since the municipal workers disappeared. The school children are not fed, the city´s sewers are blocked and the old are left unattended. A new case for the LasseMaja Detective Agency! The exhibition is part of Kommunal´s (the Swedish Municipal Workers’ Union) 100 Year Anniversary celebrated in 2010.
The exhibition is produced in cooperation with Kommunal and is based on the books featuring the LasseMaja Detective Agency, by Martin Widmark and Helena Willis.
SUMMER FACTORY
OPEN DAILY 11–16
Bring the whole family and be inspired by the exhibition The mystery of the city! Build your own miniature city in our Workshop. Or why not make your own detective kit. Museum staff are on hand to inspire and help. Entrance is free but only in the company of an adult. Arranged with Folkuniversitetet.
MUSEUM MYSTERY
Go on a journey of adventure through the museum and become a Museum Detetive. Available in English.
Daily. Participation: 25 SEK per child. Assistance not provided and only in the company of an adult. Start and finish in the reception.
Exhibition ProductionThe museum has 6 different exhibition areas totalling over 4,000 sq m. Normally there are between 6 and 7 exhibitions on display at the same time, giving an annual total of about 20. Many of these exhibitions are carried out as projects in cooperation with other museums, institutions and organisations.
The museum also arranges exhibitions together with individual artists and photographers.Arbetets museum is solely responsible for the production of about 50% of all the exhibitions displayed at the museum.
The building houses a well-equipped workshop including a photographic laboratory, graphic studio, painting and joinery workshops, audio-visual and lighting studios as well as an assembly studio. All run by a team of competent exhibitions technicians.
The basic theme running through Arbetets museum’s exhibition production is concentrated to areas of current interest, women’ and men’s’ areas of work, their working and every-day lives, democratic issues as well as the industrialised society’s cultural heritage. The documentary films and especially documentary photographs play a central role in the museum’s exhibition operations. Since its was opened in December 1991, Arbetets museum has shown over 70 documentary exhibitions on behalf of various photographers and artists.
A couple of years ago, the museum opened a small exhibition area called Hyllan, there students from photographic schools and colleges as well as other photographers can display their work on a small scale.Arbetets museum works purposely towards producing exhibitions in close cooperation with Trade Unions and other professional and interest groups whose knowledge is important for the substance of the exhibitions.
The museum has produced a working model for profession-related exhibitions. The project begins with the collation of memories after which indepth interviews are conducted. This process is observed by an ethnologist who works together with either a photographer or an artist or sometimes all three. The result is presented in the form of an exhibition and in some cases even in published form.