Annika Berglund: Tapestry

Sunday 17 November – Sunday 15 December 2024
Annika Berglund: Tapestry | Sunday 17 November – Sunday 15 December 2024 | Olivier Cornet Gallery | Image: the work is quite likely made of wool; it could be interpreted as a view from above of stone, mosaic-like, intruding onto grass; the ‘stones’ are ’on’ the grass, in the sense that they through shadows onto it, and create dark shadows in the gryke-like gaps between themselves; the grass is short – woollen
Official Opening 3 pm Sunday 17 November • Guest speaker: Jean Ryan, art historian and storyteller

The Olivier Cornet Gallery is delighted to present Annika Berglund’s third solo exhibition with us.

With her recent switch from ceramics to works in felted wool, Annika Berglund’s new practice has gone from strength to strength with her Corona virus piece having been acquired by the National Museum of Ireland for their Covid collection.

Tapestries show textile as art by displaying it so it can be seen.

My work is not woven, but the idea of the weave is important for this body of work.  

Woven textile can be very simple or incredibly complex, but relies on the interconnection of warp and weft. 

In my thinking about this work, the warp encompasses the themes, precondition and constants that create a baseline or continuity for your life; that which will always be with you, for good or bad.

The weft, the threads that go across the warp, grow the fabric with each new addition, pull together the weave and create ever new patterns. These are like new events, people and circumstances that come and go, or stay; their contribution growing the weave and creating richness and complexity, whether they just make a single appearance or are part of a recurring pattern.”

– Annika Berglund

In addition to wall-pieces, the exhibition will also feature a selection of the artist’s new series of wearable art in felted-wool.

Sunday 17 November – Sunday 15 December 2024
Olivier Cornet Gallery
3 Great Denmark Street
(beside Belvedere College)
Dublin 1
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Opening hours / start times:
Tues to Fri: 11am to 6pm (till 8pm on Thursdays) • Sat & Sun: 12 noon to 5pm • Closed on Mondays (or viewing by appointment only)
Admission / price: Free

 
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