Malmö Konsthall through the photographers’ lens
Since its opening in 1975, Malmö Konsthall has presented over 600 exhibitions. Over the years, a wide range of artistic practices has been highlighted, collectively shaping Malmö Konsthall into a space in constant dialogue with its time.
In connection with Malmö Konsthall’s 50th anniversary, we now want to highlight the photographers who, with their own distinctive style, have followed and documented how the art hall has been shaped and changed over the years. Through their lenses, they have captured the art, the space, and the people—and together, their work has created a rich visual archive of the art hall and its history.
Read about and see more of the exhibitions by clicking on the images.
Helene Toresdotter
Helene Toresdotter photographed the group exhibition “Sydnytt” as early as 1991. However, from the mid-2000s onward, she has become a recurring photographer, capturing exhibitions and the changing expressions of the space with a keen eye.
Toresdotter is particularly skilled at capturing the architectural qualities of each exhibition—the light, the lines, the materials—without the images ever becoming repetitive. Each exhibition is depicted with a fresh visual tone, where the art and the space meet with clear presence and precision. Her photographs portray the art, always with respect for both the work and its context.
Gerry Johansson
Gerry Johansson began documenting Malmö Konsthall’s exhibitions in the 1980s—a period spanning Björn Springfeldt’s leadership, followed by the years with Sune Nordgren and Bera Nordal as artistic directors.
Johansson’s black-and-white, square photographs are characterized by stillness, precision, and a distinct expression—often devoid of people but full of presence. In his documentation, he highlighted both the architecture and the moods of the art, with subtle sharpness. Through his analog approach and sensitivity to the poetic in the everyday, Johansson has created images that function both as documentation and as artworks in their own right.
2014 Johanssons own works were presented in an exhibition separatutställning at Malmö Konsthall.
Laszlo Bogardy
Laszlo Bogardy was there from the very beginning when Malmö Konsthall opened its doors in 1975 and went on to document the art hall’s exhibitions for almost two decades, up until 1994.
As a photographer, Bogardy had a special talent for capturing the fleeting encounter between artwork, space, and viewer. With a careful eye and a sensitivity to light and spatiality, he created images that not only show what was exhibited—but how the art was experienced. Bogardy’s photographs reflect the first decades of the art hall and are today an invaluable part of its visual memory and living history.
Jan Uvelius
Jan Uvelius documented Malmö Konsthall’s exhibitions primarily during the 1990s. With a particular focus on large-scale, sculptural presentations, he captured how the works interacted with the hall’s unique architecture.
Uvelius has a keen eye for composition and scale. In his photographs, not only is the art highlighted, but also the spatial and material presence that emerges in the encounter between artwork, light, and surface. The space often takes center stage—not merely as a backdrop, but as an active part of the experience. Uvelius’s photographs have become an important record of Malmö Konsthall’s exhibition history during a dynamic decade, when the exhibition space was opened up to increasingly large sculptural presentations under Sune Nordgren’s leadership.