How to do Anything (Soliloquy)

Birke Gorm

How to do Anything (Soliloquy), 2018120 x 100cmSign in to view price
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Jute fibres, metalCroy Nielsen
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This contemporary textile artwork features a muted, earthy palette with shades of beige and brown. The composition is dominated by abstracted, textural shapes and forms that appear to be hand-stitched or embroidered onto the coarse, woven linen-like fabric. The central focus is a distinct silhouette or profile, possibly depicting a human figure, alongside other organic, amorphous elements. The overall impression suggests a primal, ritualistic quality, with the stitching and frayed edges adding a sense of age and fragility. The artist's intention may be to explore themes of identity, spirituality, or the human condition through this contemplative, minimalist textile-based medium. ...

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Birke Gorm
Artist
Birke Gorm
B.1986, German

“The common woman is as common as a thunderstorm”, says the woven writing of Birke Gorm’s hanging fabrics made of jute. Gorm works with archaic materials of metal, terracotta, jute or wood, incorporating a range of techniques, such as woodcarving, stitching, writing, and flexing. The artist’s practice explores womanhood and solidarity, expressed in powerful and assuring terms. Her sculptural works depict human-shaped figures made out of found and collected over time terracotta bricks and peebles, with pots and jugs in the place of heads and faces. On their stomachs are fabrics and cushions which carry keychains, nails, bolts, champagne corks, and other accidental objects. Pregnancy is depicted as not a weakening, bed-bounding female destiny, but a moving, fierce power. The common woman can be any woman, and any woman is an empowered force fueling collective solidarity. ...

Birke Gorm: Artworks
IOU (2)
huswif (AIT)
huswif (SEVEN)
common crazy I
common crazy II
IOU
Birke GormIOU, 2021
41 x 8 x 7cm
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Birke GormIOU, 2021
63 x 10 x 7cm
huswif (FOWER)
huswif (WON ZERO)
huswif (WUN)
huswif (TREE)
IOU
Birke GormIOU, 2021
68 x 10 x 9cm
IOU
Birke GormIOU, 2021
50 x 12 x 9cm
IOU
Birke GormIOU, 2021
75 x 12 x 9cm
IOU
Birke GormIOU, 2021
33 x 11 x 8cm
IOU
Birke GormIOU, 2021
50 x 10 x 6cm
IOU
Birke GormIOU, 2021
33 x 11 x 8cm
IOU
Birke GormIOU, 2021
65 x 10 x 8cm
IOU
Birke GormIOU, 2021
31 x 10 x 7cm
Croy Nielsen
Gallery
Croy Nielsen
Vienna

In 2016 Croy Nielsen moved from Berlin to Vienna, where it is located in the beletage apartment of a historical building in the 1st district. The gallery was founded by Oliver Croy (AT) and Henrikke Nielsen (DK). Artists such as Nina Beier, Marie Lund, and Benoît Maire, have been part of the program since its inception, and were later joined by Olga Balema, Georgia Gardner Gray, and Sandra Mujinga. Vienna-based artists include Ernst Yohji Jaeger, Joanna Woś, and Soshiro Matsubara. The gallery has strong ties to the Nordic region, representing several artists from the Scandinavian contries and regularly participating in fairs and projects in the area. ...

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