This piece is a compelling woven textile artwork. The visual elements feature a striking pattern of intricate, interlocking hexagonal shapes in a warm, earthy palette of browns and beiges. The overall composition has a tactile, textured quality, with frayed edges and visible stitching adding to the work's handcrafted aesthetic.
The subject matter appears to depict a stylized animal figure, perhaps a bird or other creature, emerging from the geometric patterning. This symbolic representation suggests the artist's intention to blend natural and abstract elements in an imaginative, evocative manner.
The artistic style and technique showcase the skilled use of traditional weaving methods, imbuing the work with a sense of cultural heritage and craftsmanship. The contextual background may reveal the artist's exploration of themes related to the natural world, symbolism, or the intersection of art and textile practices. ...
“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. ...
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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