{"id":18710,"date":"2024-04-02T20:37:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T19:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/?p=18710"},"modified":"2024-04-16T21:11:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:11:58","slug":"daily_3330_-_varsalongen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/2024\/04\/02\/daily_3330_-_varsalongen\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily: 3330 – V\u00e5rsalongen"},"content":{"rendered":"

We visited V\u00e5rsalongen, the Spring Salon, at Liljevalchs art museum. Like last year, the works are all available for viewing online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paintings, sculpture, videos, textile art, mixed media etc.<\/p>\n

There were plenty of impressive paintings but not many that left a lasting impression.<\/p>\n

This intricate drawing\/painting of ptarmigan – where the feather patterns hide everything from miniature lemmings to snowflakes – captured our attention.
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Whereas this bee-themed one mostly made me think that this could be turned into an embroidery.
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There were several textile works that I liked. Especially those that utilized the possibilities of thread and fabric and yarn for something more than just a flat image.
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These rocks were my favourites: from a distance they just look like lichen-covered rocks, but up close you can see that it’s all woven tapestry and embroidery. Soft pretending to be hard.
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Others left us all puzzled. A rectangular hand-woven piece of fabric in black and white. (Next to it there was another one that was all yellow, with subtle variations in tone and shade.) What made this so special that it stood out from the thousands of other works submitted?
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Yet other works sparked different kinds of questions. These five colour-coordinated stacks of men’s ties, seemingly just hung over a hook. How did they transport this work? Probably in parts. Who hung it up again? How did they ensure the ties were hung in the right order, and with acceptable (lack of) precision?
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There were also numerous fun sculptures, including one of “seven kinds of cakes” in stone, inspired by a Swedish fika<\/i> tradition<\/a>.
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If I had room for sculptures and knick-knacks in my home, I would rather like something fun like these fish:
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More about the works above: Ptarmigan<\/a>, Rocks<\/a>, Fish<\/a>, Cakes<\/a>, White yarn thing<\/a>, Ties<\/a>, Black & White Weave<\/a>. Couldn’t find anything for the bee, probably because it was part of the Young Spring Salon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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