NEWS For thirty years Bildmuseet has produced and presented a number of big, small, wonderful, challenging and high profile exhibitions and invited art from all over the world to Umeå. Before our re-launch at the Umeå Arts Campus we will revisit our own history.
September 25 – November 20, 2011
Press preview: September 23, at 10am
Opening: September 25, at 2pm
Do you remember the exhibition The poster and Poland with pictures from Solidarność 1981 and AIDS - the Plague of our Time from the late 1980s, or Masterpieces in Wood in 1991 with sculptures of the medieval wood-carvers from the north, the large and internationally acclaimed Mirror's Edge 1999 and South African National Gallery's visit in 2001? Since its inception, Bildmuseet has shown 410 exhibitions complemented by a rich program with lectures, artist presentations, film screenings, workshops, dance performances and concerts.
Now we have gone through the archives and found the more than 250 posters made for the museum's exhibitions. They will all be included in the commemorative presentation Bildmuseet 30 years!.
In connection to the exhibition Bildmuseet invites to a workshop where visitors of all ages can create their own posters. Please find more information in the events calendar. The workshop, supervised by an art teacher and with free admission, will be open every weekend throughout the exhibition period. Those who wish can exhibit their own poster.
On Sunday November 20th, we end with a "finissage" – a grand closing party for Bildmuseet at Gammlia. A warm welcome to join in and celebrate a legendary period of Bildmuseet history.
After that we will close the old premises at Gammlia to move to the new museum building on the Umeå Arts Campus! Estimated premiere in March, 2012.
Brita Täljedal, Curator Bildmuseet
brita.taljedal@bildmuseet.umu.se
+46 90 786 52 27
Editor: Helena Vejbrink