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1. Spartancrest

Tsuba in the National Museum of Norway

1. Spartancrest

Tsuba in the National Museum of Norway

Hannah Ryggen

The Hannah Ryggen Triennale in Trondheim, Norway, honours renowned textile artist Hannah Ryggen (1894–1970). This year’s edition, “Mater,” focuses on motherhood and features contemporary artists exploring materiality and cultural identity. Text in English and Norwegian.The Hannah Ryggen Triennale is initiated and organized by Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum in Trondheim, Norway, and dedicated to the celebrated textile artist Hannah Ryggen (1894–1970). During her lifetime, Ryggen gained international recognition for her vibrant political tapestries, and her heartfelt humanistic works still resonate with audiences today. Each Triennale explores themes from Ryggen’s art through the lens of contemporary craft and visual art. The theme of the 4th edition is “Mater,” for which the exhibitions and the accompanying catalogue highlight Ryggen’s thematizing of motherhood and material, how her works were rooted in the nature around her, and how she “wove herself” into arts and crafts traditions. This year’s Triennale presents contemporary artists who address these themes by approaching materiality from an ecological perspective, or by actively seeking out their foremothers in the textile tradition to explore their individual and cultural identity. Text in English and Norwegian.

1. Kristin Wiola , Ødega°rd

Traumhafte Strickjacken aus Norwegen

Wo Woll-Träume wahr werden  In diesem bezaubernden Coffeetable-Strickbuch findest du 12 wunderschöne Strickjacken (und einige Accessoires) einer ganz besonderen norwegischen Designerin: Kristin Wiola Ødegård hat einen unglaublich liebevollen Blick fürs Detail und ein unvergleichliches Gefühl für harmonische Farben . Für die detailreichen Muster braucht man etwas Strick-Erfahrung , die schlichten Accessoires gelingen auch Einsteiger:innen. Aber auch ganz ohne Stricknadeln lohnt sich der Griff zu diesem Buch - denn es entführt uns mit seiner charmanten Fotosprache in ein norwegisches Landhaus mitten in der Natur und lockt uns wie ein skandinavisches Lifestyle-Magazin. Viele der enthalten Modelle lassen sich als Jacke oder Pullover arbeiten - ganz nach der eigenen Vorliebe.

The Square's Heart

The term "concrete art" was coined by the Dutch artistTheo van Doesburg in 1930, referring to works of art thatare exclusively based on purely "plastic" elements, suchas color, line and plane, thereby forming an independent"concrete" reality. Accompanied by a new interest in howwe perceive and process visual impressions, insights fromperception psychology have been artistically explored tocreate dynamic and 'living' images.Over the past 50 years, the Norwegian art collector ErlingNeby has built an extraordinary collection of geometricand concrete art. Encompassing European, American andNordic art, the main focus is on works from the post-waryears, including leading figures such as Victor Vasarely,Max Bill, Auguste Herbin, Josef Albers, Aase Texmon Ryghand Olle Bærtling, as well as new generations of artistswho, in different ways, use a geometric-abstract form ofexpression. This catalogue documents a major exhibitionat the Kode Art Museum in Bergen featuring more than100 works from the collection, which-through its truly personalselection-offers a complex picture of artistic positions,and the impact of geometric and concrete art.

1. Bayard Taylor

Northern Travel. Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Lapland, and Norway