Louise Lidströmer
Swedish artist (born 1948)
Louise (L) Lidströmer (born 9 July 1948, in Vienna) is a Swedish artist who studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm 1967–72. She works with paintings, sculpture and object installation, and has presented large series of exhibitions in and outside Sweden.
The installation "Tabula Rasa" at Stockholm Art Fair 1994 attracted a lot of attention. Instead of "hommage" she has created the concept "femmage"(a female celebration). Series of femmages to e.g. Camille Claudel and to Titian have been shown and have attracted attention in Sweden, but also in Paris (Centre Culturel Suédois), Mons in Belgium (Musée des Beaux Arts) and Rome (Istituto Svedese). Louise Lidströmer has signed her paintings with "Ljubi" until 1996, L² for sculptures and "L. Lidströmer" for paintings from 1996.
Selected solo exhibitions
VIDA Museum, Öland (2003), 2007)
Karlskrona Art Hall (2005)
Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm (2004, 2000)
Mora Kulturhus (2002)
Galerie Bruno Delarue, Paris (2002)
Norreport, Halmstad (2000)
Kamras Gallery, Borgholm (1999)
Kalmar Museum (1998)
Istituto Svedese di Studi Classici, Rome (1998)
Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris (1998)
Musée des Beaux Arts, Mons, Belgium (1997)
Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris (1997)
Södertälje Town Hall (1996)
Museum of Alingsås (1995)
Leufsta bruk (1995)
Konstkammaren, Umeå (1995)
Ann Westin Gallery, Stockholm (1994)
Astley Gallery, Uttersberg (1994)
Tabula Rasa, Stockholm Art Fair (1994)
Doktor Glas Gallery, Stockholm (1994)
Lidingö Town Hall (1985, 1990, 1994)
Franciska Gallery, Århus, Denmark (1993)
Annes hus, Millesgården, Lidingö (1992)
Cité internationale des arts in Paris (1991)
Selected group exhibitions
FIDEM, Seixal, Lissabon, Portugal (2004)
Monumentala sötsaker, Konstnärshuset (2004)
Swedish participant in FIDEM, Kungliga Myntkabinettet (2003)
FIDEM, La Monnaie de Paris (2002)
Gold in Art, Castle of Borgholm (2001)
Meeting with Tizian, Churches, Lidingö (2001)
Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening (2000–2004)
Samling, Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm (1999–2004)
Itineraire, Ville de Levallois, Paris (1998)
Expo Coll., Cité Internat. des Arts, Paris (1998, 1997)
Expo Bleu, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris (1997)
Graphic Biennal, Bhopal, India (1992)
References
Selected literature
Art Diary International, Milano, Giancarlo Politi Editore, 1996–. ISBN 88-7816-026-1
Cavalli-Björkman, Görel, and Ljubi Lidströmer.
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