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Judy Ledgerwood: Flowers for the Blue Line
For her latest art project, Flowers for the Blue Line, American artist Judy Ledgerwood created around 800 hand-painted majolica tiles in the workshops of the Nymphenburg porcelain manufactory. The colourful work now adorns the Racine station on Chicago's Blue Line.
Ledgerwood, known for her large-format works, realised the project in the spring and summer of 2025 together with the Nymphenburg artisans. Each of the 16 basic shapes was individually glazed and painted, so that no two flowers are alike. In the installation, four tiles come together to form a stylised flower – a symbol of the four cardinal directions, of movement and diversity.
The bright ceramic reliefs bring light and colour to the modernised station, transforming the space into a play of texture, rhythm and shine. ‘Ceramics have a special energy,’ says Ledgerwood, ‘they never reflect light statically, but change with it – just like the city itself.’
With Flowers for the Blue Line, Ledgerwood continues her long-standing collaboration with the Nymphenburg porcelain manufactory – a combination of contemporary art and centuries-old craftsmanship.
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