The Lotte Series Pt. I—IV
2010
HD video 1.50 mins (loop), 400 sheets of paper, c-print framed, two packages, work from the collection, documents,
lightbox, artistbook, cotton gloves. The work is part of the Kalmar Art Museum collection.
—I feel as though I should like to write you a long letter.
An endless letter. Pages and pages.
The Lotte Series Pt. I—IV is a four part site-specific
installation with re-interpretations of works by Lotte Laserstein,
1898—1997, an artist of Jewish descent that immigrated from Germany
to the small city of Kalmar in the south of Sweden. The work is based
on paintings and documents found in the collection and archives of
Kalmar Art Museum. Informed by her artistry and relation to her long
term friend Traute Rose each part in the series uses different
media, addressing issues of representation of women, private
identity, alienation, the “muse” as a phenomenon
and art
as commodity.
The Lotte Series Pt. I: I am a Stranger Here Myself (Tomas). C-print framed, 2 packages, work from the collection.The Lotte Series Pt. IV: Traute II (Puppy). Six folded riso prints A2-format, cotton gloves.The Lotte Series Pt. I: I am a Stranger Here Myself (Tomas), (detail).The Lotte Series Pt. IV: Traute II (Puppy), (detail). Folded riso print.The Lotte Series Pt. II: L to V (Vita to Virginia), HD video 1.50 mins (loop), 400 sheets of paper A4-format.The Lotte Series Pt. II: L to V (Vita to Virginia), HD video 1.50 mins (loop).The Lotte Series Pt. III: Traute I (Still Life) (detail).The Lotte Series Pt. III: Traute I (Still Life). Documents,
lightbox.
The Lotte Series Pt. I—IV was commissioned by
the Kalmar Art Museum for the exhibition HÄR II. The series consists of four parts:
I am a Stranger Here Myself (Tomas), L to V (Vita to Virginia),
Traute I (Still Life) and Traute II (Puppy). The work was awarded the Jury Prize. Exhibitions: 2 x Kalmar Art Museum, Kalmar SE.
©MMXIV Conny Karlsson Lundgren