Beyond Established Patterns
Kari Dyrdal, Norwegian textile artist and professor at Bergen Academy of Art and Design, has spent the last five years studying digital tools and pattern formation. Read more
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Toy animals, yarn and glamorous design
Plastic toy animals, crocheting in yarn and precious metals are some of the elements Felieke van der Leest combines to make exciting, humorous and absurd jewellery. Her works are currently being exhibited at Permanenten – The West Norway Museum of Decorative Art. The show is called ‘Jewellery Circus’. Read more
Art and industry – a marriage now ready to be consummated
Today a fascination for new and ancient industrial manufacturing processes drives artists and craftspeople to cross the border between art and industry. This is happening at a moment when certain industries in Europe seem to be on the brink of disappearing. It is the industrial production facilities that are the guiding factors for these artists’ activities in the aesthetic field. But what do the artists bring back to the art scene from their ventures into what used to be a veiled area of Western manufacturing culture? Read more
Beauty and myth
It has been 25 years since Inger Johanne Rasmussen last exhibited at the National Museum of Decorative Arts (Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum) in Trondheim, Norway. Now she has returned with a solo exhibition called ‘Retellings and Myths’. This time Rasmussen has collaborated with Terje Nordby – a playwright, radio celebrity and “mythologist in private practice”. The textiles themselves tell stories, but through Nordby’s reflections, they take on an added dimension. Read more
Handmade Actions
DIY (Do It Yourself) is sometimes used in contemporary art to describe a handmade or homemade expression. DIY also denotes a strategy used by activists to counteract power structures in society, and can be related to punk and feminism. The theme of this text is DIY craft, a movement especially found in the USA in the last decade. While those involved in this movement may seem to be on the fringe of the art scene, it really is hard to say. Read more
Contemporary stitches: concepts, time and process
The exhibition ‘Strikk – Masker i samtidskunsten’ (Knitting – Stitches in Contemporary Art) was on display in Gallery Format from 15 January to 13 February 2011. It focused on young contemporary artists who include knitting in their artistic practice. Norwegiancrafts interviewed three of the participating artists, Siri Berqvam, Kjersti Andvig and Kari Steihaug, on how their works explore the concept of knitting and challenge established notions of the technique and culture of knitting. Read more
Hannah Ryggen’s Popularity
The weaver Hannah Ryggen (1894-1970) now experiences renewed interest from the field of contemporary art. This spring she is showcased in two important exhibitions in Oslo. Read more
Notes, issue 04/2011
Silver Prizes to Trine Hovden and Flora Metamorphicae, 20-year-old gets facelift and international focus, International seminar in Oslo: Home as a historical and contemporary context, Read more