Ingegerd Råman

The exhibition introduces you to one of Sweden’s most influential contemporary designers. A designer and ceramic artist who is irredeemably curious and ever ready to accept new challenges; and whose own needs always provide the starting point for new assignments.

Remaining faithful to one’s own style, regardless of trends, is something that demands great integrity on the part of the designer, but also

a great deal of responsiveness. Not to mention an indomitable will to accept new challenges that expand and enrich one’s views. To refine and develop the shape of a glass, a jug, a bowl, depending on both the intended function and the actual context in which the item will be used, presupposes equal measures of recognition and a pleasurable way of approaching one’s task.

Transparent crystal and simple, natural shapes have become something of a hallmark for Ingegerd Råman. As have her black — and sometimes white — ceramic artefacts, made in her own studio in Skåne or produced in larger series by a manufacturer. Allowing her own needs to find expression in timeless and beautiful domestic objects for everyday use or for special occasions, is something that constantly occupies her.

The exhibition presents assignments in the form of artefacts displayed on twenty-four tables. There are a number of new projects as well as earlier assignments for both individual and large-scale clients. Some of her architectural projects in collaboration with architect Gert Wingårdh are also shown. House of Sweden in Washington DC was the first in 2008.

Come and meet Ingegerd Råman through her artefacts, brief articles and film footage in which she tells us what is important to her. Ingegerd Råman (b. 1943) trained at Capellagården and Konstfack in Sweden and at the Istituto Statale d’Arte per la ceramica, Faenza. She has worked as an independent ceramic artist since 1967 and has worked at Johansfors, Skruf and Orrefors glassworks. She is now a freelance designer based in Stockholm and Skåne. In 1995 the Swedish government granted her a titular professorship. She is represented in numerous prestigious collections including the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, Danish Museum of Art and Design in Copenhagen, Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Corning Museum of Glass in New York and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

Exhibition design: Claesson Koivisto Rune

The exhibition was produced by Nationalmuseum Design in collaboration with Vandalorum.

^{Main photo and photo 1-6: Patrik Lindell
Photo 7-9: Johann Bergenholtz}