Retrospective exhibition summer 2025
Fabriken Bästekille is showing this summer an extensive retrospective exhibition of Elisabeth Ohlson’s life’s work – the result of over 40 years of persistent and tireless work. The exhibition is her largest to date with over 250 images, several of which have never been shown before. The curator is Johan Petterson.
The exhibition includes Elisabeth’s last project, which revolved around death. For several years, she followed people in the final stages of life and collaborated with a funeral home. The result was deeply moving images in which both the dying and the relatives were portrayed with great respect and trust. When Elisabeth herself received her diagnosis, she decided that she herself would become part of the “Death exhibition”. A process that also became a processing of her own impending demise. One of the last images she took herself with a self-timer, shortly before her death.
In connection with the exhibition, a retrospective book about Elisabeth Ohlson’s life’s work and artistry will be published. The book is published by 70/70 Bokförlag and designed by Minna Strömberg Wallin, who was previously married to Elisabeth Ohlson.
