Målarskolan (The Art School) is about life at an art school, where the students are trying to find themselves and their artistic practices. The leading character, Figor Mandelstam, is a constant source of irritation due to his enormous desire to please.
Ekman was appointed deputy professor at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm in 1977, where she also started the first video department in a Nordic art school. In 1999 she was appointed vice chancellor of the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, the first woman to hold that position. She has exhibited widely since 1967, and has written and produced for television, created set designs for theatre and in 2009 she was appointed artistic director and managing director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Dramaten) in Stockholm. See a full bio compiled by Moderna Museet in Stockholm here: http://bit.ly/2xuZCPQ
TV series in ten parts for Sveriges Television
Script & director: Marie-Louise Ekman
Length: 20 min x 10 episodes
Photo: Tomas Boman
Music: Benny Andersson
Scenography: Peder Freiij
Production company: Hinden/Länna Ateljéer for Sveriges Television
Cast: Örjan Ramberg, Rolf Skoglund, Tommy Körberg, Johannes Brost, Jonas Bergström, Henry Bronett, Kaj Nuora, Heinz Hopf, Ingvar Hirdwall, Claes Månsson
This screening is organised by Annika Eriksson (Professor II Fine Art) and Anne Szefer Karlsen (Associate Professor Curatorial Practice) with the support of Fakultet for kunst, musikk og design, UiB.