© Tuija Lindström
Maria i en båge. Ur serien Kvinnorna vid Tjursjön
Artist
Tuija Lindström
(Finland, 1950 - 2017)
Alternate Title
- Maria in an Arch. From the series The Girls at Bull's Pond
Date1991
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsBildmått: 59 × 59 cm
Ram: 60,2 × 60,2 × 2 cm
ClassificationPhotography
Credit LineDonation 2009 from the artist
Object NumberMOM/2009/170
CollectionsSömnlösa nätter
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkTuija Lindström embarked on her career as a photographer in the mid-1970s, after moving to Stockholm from Helsinki. Her breakthrough came with a series of intimate black-and-white portraits of friends and arts celebrities. The conceptual series The Girls at Bull’s Pond, explores the theme of women floating in dark water. They are presented alongside monumental
photographs of cloths irons, creating a tension between the soft bodies and the sharp contours of the irons. Tuija Lindström was a professor at the School of Photography, University of Gothenburg for ten years, from 1992 to 2002. During her time there, the classes changed from a previous focus on commercial and documentary photography, and became more artistic and theoretical, with courses on subjects such as art history and feminist theory. Tuija Lindström stands out with her strong influence on generations of photographers in Sweden and the Nordic countries.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Verso i tusch, Verso: Titel och årtal Selected exhibition history Ett sätt att leva. Svensk fotografi från Christer Strömholm till idag (den 1 februari 2014 - den 18 maj 2014) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Sensing Nature From Within (den 28 september 2019 - den 8 mars 2020) Moderna Museet Malmö Sömnlösa nätter. Från 1980-talet i Moderna Museets samling (den 24 februari 2023 - den 14 januari 2024) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Ett sätt att leva : [Moderna Museet Stockholm 6/9 2014 - 15/2 2015]
photographs of cloths irons, creating a tension between the soft bodies and the sharp contours of the irons. Tuija Lindström was a professor at the School of Photography, University of Gothenburg for ten years, from 1992 to 2002. During her time there, the classes changed from a previous focus on commercial and documentary photography, and became more artistic and theoretical, with courses on subjects such as art history and feminist theory. Tuija Lindström stands out with her strong influence on generations of photographers in Sweden and the Nordic countries.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Verso i tusch, Verso: Titel och årtal Selected exhibition history Ett sätt att leva. Svensk fotografi från Christer Strömholm till idag (den 1 februari 2014 - den 18 maj 2014) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Sensing Nature From Within (den 28 september 2019 - den 8 mars 2020) Moderna Museet Malmö Sömnlösa nätter. Från 1980-talet i Moderna Museets samling (den 24 februari 2023 - den 14 januari 2024) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Ett sätt att leva : [Moderna Museet Stockholm 6/9 2014 - 15/2 2015]