Hannah Ryggen : woven manifestos / edited by Marit Paasche and Esther Schlicht.

By:

Ryggen, Hannah, 1894-1970

Contributor(s):

still image
text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

3791359266
9783791359267

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

709.04

LOC classification:

N7073 .R94 H36 2019

Contents:

Foreword / Philipp Demandt -- Unfolded. The Monumental : tapestries of Hannah Ryggen / Marit Paasche -- In life's shirt of flame / Marie Luise Knott -- An accidental modernist / Ingar Dragset in conversation with Esther Schlicht -- Biography and chronology / Johanna Laub.

Summary: Discover the tapestries of Hannah Ryggen, one of the most influential Scandinavian artists of the 20th century. Hannah Ryggen created numerous monumental tapestries in her lifetime. Originally trained as a painter, Ryggen began weaving on a standing loom on her self-sufficient farm on the West coast of Norway. She challenged the formal traditions of Norwegian 17th- and 18th-century textile folk art, combining figurative and abstract elements. She also experimented with and developed colors using local plants and other materials she foraged. Her tapestries bravely tackled the social issues of the time, from the atrocities of war to the abuse of power. She created work in direct response to Hitler, Franco, and Mussolini and made powerful statements of support to the victims of Fascism and Nazism. This book features about 25 of Ryggen's signature tapestries including Etiopia (Ethiopia), Drommedod (Death of Dreams), and Vi lever pa en stjerne (We Are Living on a Star). It shows her work representing a different kind of modernism where elements of folk art and mythology are mixed with contemporary life. Haunting and powerful, Ryggen's work was unprecedented at the time, as it expressed her political messages to the public. Exhibition: Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (26.09.2019-12.01.2020).

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	N7073 .R94 H36 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001499093

Published to accompany an exhibition held at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 26th September 2019-12th January 2020.

Includes bibliographical references.

Discover the tapestries of Hannah Ryggen, one of the most influential Scandinavian artists of the 20th century. Hannah Ryggen created numerous monumental tapestries in her lifetime. Originally trained as a painter, Ryggen began weaving on a standing loom on her self-sufficient farm on the West coast of Norway. She challenged the formal traditions of Norwegian 17th- and 18th-century textile folk art, combining figurative and abstract elements. She also experimented with and developed colors using local plants and other materials she foraged. Her tapestries bravely tackled the social issues of the time, from the atrocities of war to the abuse of power. She created work in direct response to Hitler, Franco, and Mussolini and made powerful statements of support to the victims of Fascism and Nazism. This book features about 25 of Ryggen's signature tapestries including Etiopia (Ethiopia), Drommedod (Death of Dreams), and Vi lever pa en stjerne (We Are Living on a Star). It shows her work representing a different kind of modernism where elements of folk art and mythology are mixed with contemporary life. Haunting and powerful, Ryggen's work was unprecedented at the time, as it expressed her political messages to the public. Exhibition: Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (26.09.2019-12.01.2020).

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