Ingegerd Råman
Ingegerd Råman (* 1943 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish designer who lives and works in Stockholm. She works with the materials ceramics and glass.
Life
Ingegerd Råman attended the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm from 1962 to 1968 and completed a year in Faenza (Italy) at the Istituto Statale D'Arte per la Ceramica from 1965 to 1966 . Since 1999 she has been creating products for the Swedish glassworks Orrefors , and she also works with the Skruf glassworks. Ingegerd Råman was awarded the title of Honorary Professor by the Swedish government, as well as the Prince Eugen Medal from His Majesty the King of Sweden.
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Ingegerd Råman's work is characterized by transparency and simplicity, the aspect of multifunctionality plays a major role: the lid of a jug can be used as a drinking vessel, the jug alone as a vase. Her most famous object, for example, is a bowl that can both be drunk and eaten from. It is also interesting that the products can be combined with one another, they are stackable and can be taken apart and reassembled again. Råman herself describes how she works:
- “The three basic colors of the earth - red, black and white - are the most important for me. I work in the Scandinavian tradition and am a purely functional potter [ sic ]. My art is the functional piece. I make my own black glazes with oxides and try to mix black with almost imperceptible color nuances, nuances that give my vessels their life. "
The words "timelessness" and "withdrawn" describe the artist's ceramics and glass creations. She works in reduced and clear forms, which she develops further over time. Function and aesthetic expression are closely linked, the starting point for her work is human needs: “Form and function belong together, but I've always been careful that function does not gain the upper hand. Balance is so important. "
Exhibitions
Ingegerd Råman's work has been devoted to numerous international solo exhibitions, including in Paris, Rome, New York, Toyko, Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki and Berlin.
Works in public collections
- Swedish National Museum , Stockholm
- The Röhss Museum of Arts and Crafts, Gothenburg
- Smålands Glass Museum , Växjö
- Victoria & Albert Museum , London
- Museum of Arts and Crafts, Copenhagen
- Riihimäki Glass Museum, Riihimäki
- Corning Museum of Glass , Corning
- Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam
literature
- Ingegerd Råman. Bokförlaget Langenskiöld, Lidingö 2005.
Web links
- Ingegerd Råman at the Gerhardsen Gerner Gallery, Oslo
- Ingegerd Råman at Orrefors Glassworks , Sweden
- Posts on Ingegerd Råman at ScandinavianDesign.com, Sweden
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Susan Peterson, translation: Alexandra Merz, Bernd Pfannkuche: Craft and art of ceramics - technology, design, materials and history . Könemann Verlag, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-8290-2140-2 , p. 305 (first edition by Calman and King, London 1992/1995).
- ↑ Ingegerd Råman quoted from: Ingegerd Råman. Bokförlaget Langenskiöld, Lidingö 2005, p. 7.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Råman, Ingegerd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |