Lenke Rothman – Life as Cloth

This autumn’s exhibition presents a large selection of works by Lenke Rothman (1929–2008). Rothman was a Swedish-Hungarian artist, writer, and Holocaust survivor, who lived in Sweden for most of her life. She arrived in Malmö with the Red Cross in 1945. Rothman’s prolific artistic production consists of paintings, drawings, installations, books, sculptures, objects and textiles.

Early on in her practice, Lenke Rothman experimented with a range of materials to investigate their inherent narrative potential. Through insisting that materials have the ability to speak, express and remember, she created works that are simultaneously polyphonic and extremely personal. She reused and combined materials, working with the power of narrative where time, objects, stitches and memories make up the fabric of life.

Lenke Rothman’s artistic works and writings can be seen as an answer to the question which concerned her; “how life can be saved and preserved, away from constant, ongoing destruction.” In an exhibition of Rothman’s work art is seen as an ethic necessity, not only as a means of expression for the individual artist but also for a whole society to mourn, to move forward and to strive for a better future.

Curators: Rebecka Katz Thor, Runo Lagomarsino and Mats Stjernstedt.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a comprehensive catalog..