Hildur Bjarnadottir's interest in textiles comes from growing up surrounded by women doing sewing, knitting and generally making things with textiles. She has been preoccupied with the possibilities of that tradition, and ever increasingly her subject has become to examine and attempt to find ways and means of changing the dominant traditions in the art world through what seemingly functions as feminine craft. Currently, the two main themes in her work, is that of reworking the tradition of painting as textiles, and that of giving due to the heritage of her ancestresses...
Gingham
Cadmium red medium, 2005
Woven Belgian linen, acrylic paint / 91.5 x 91.5 x 2.5cm
One of 'My three grandmothers', 2005
Porcelain figurine
Doodling, 2005
Tatting, cotton thread / 30x38cm
HILDUR BJARNADOTTIR, to 21 Oct 2006
i8 Gallery
Klapparstigur 33
Reykjavik, Iceland
T: +354 551 3666
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