Lars Fredrikson
24.5–24.8.2025
The summer will be dedicated to the French-Swedish artist Lars Fredrikson (1926–1997), marking his first major presentation in Sweden. Malmö Konsthall will showcase Fredrikson’s multifaceted body of work, which includes paintings, engravings, collages, kinetic sculptures, sound works, and collaborative projects with contemporary French poets.
Lars Fredrikson was born in Stockholm and moved to France in 1960. His work was deeply influenced by the spirit of the time, encompassing early experiments with electronics and television. He was particularly interested in our perception of the spatial and created new relationships between artworks and their environments. As a trained radio engineer, Fredrikson constructed pieces that captured the invisible waves and frequencies of space in various ways. His artistic practice explored the boundaries between the visible and invisible, between absence and presence, movement and sculpture. Fredrikson founded France’s first sound studio at the Villa Arson Art School in Nice, which influenced several generations of sound artists.
The exhibition is produced in collaboration with Sara Arrhenius, Director of the Institut Suédois in Paris, Lars Fredrikson Estate, Léa Dreyer from the University of Paris, and Jonas (J) Magnusson, editor-in-chief of OEI.
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Opening Friday 23.5 at 19–23
Parallel to the exhibition, the presentation “Malmö Konsthall – 50 Years” is displayed in a section of the exhibition hall. Read more about the presentation here.
