Malmö based mostly designer Kajsa Willner has remodeled discarded wooden items right into a sequence of hand-sculpted objects for her first present in the US, curated by Salon design gallery proprietor Amanda Pratt. The RLCA assortment, showcased within the group exhibition “Girls’s Work”, epitomizes tenacious inventive expression, unruly experimentation, and a brilliantly low-tech design course of. Using conventional handcraft strategies, Willner presents an array of things, together with large-scale vessels, a wall gentle, a desk lamp, and a aspect desk thick coated in coloration and adorned with tin particulars.
Crafted by means of an intuitive course of, Willner’s creations are guided by the individuality and singularity of every waste wooden piece. Leading to an aesthetic expression that explores the area between sculptural type and useful object. This intuitive free craft method, born from her earlier solo exhibition titled “Crafted Potential” in 2023, emerged from her exploration of how one can refine numerous industrial waste supplies from furnishings manufacturing. Via progressive strategies, Willner breathes new life into these discarded remnants, seamlessly integrating them into case research that illustrate the fabric’s potential to be seen as a uncooked materials with renewed objective.
The exhibition “Girls’s Work”, curated by Salon Design Founder Amanda Pratt P’25 at Lehman Artwork Gallery, serves as a platform for celebrating the breadth and complexity of latest craft from the views of twelve feminine artists. In line with American curator and activist Lucy Lippard, “Feminine strategies like stitching, weaving, knitting, ceramics, even the usage of pastel colours (pink!) and delicate traces — all pure components of artwork making — had been prevented by ladies” for concern of being regarded as too female and thus irrelevant.
The twentieth century led to a shift in how the artwork world perceived craft, because the work of artists reminiscent of Shelia Hicks, Ruth Asawa and Toshiko Takazu started to be acknowledged as effective artwork That includes the work of:
Sina Dyks, Jessica Switzer Inexperienced, Pernille Snedker Hansen, Brit Kleinman, Sam Klemick, Rosie Li, Manon Steyaert, Elisa Strozyk x Sarah Lee, Fernanda Pompermayer, Christina Watka and Kajsa Willner.
“Girls’s Work” explores the impact of technological innovation in the usage of conventional craft as a way of expressing the feminine expertise. The exhibition is ongoing to April 27, 2024.
Photograph: David Möller;
Within the fingers of Kajsa Willner, discarded wooden transcends its humble origins to change into a medium for inventive expression and social commentary. Reflecting on the up to date design panorama, Willner’s ethos resonates with a revival of the Craft Punk motion from the early twenty first century. Past its rebellious connotations, Craft Punk embodies a spirit of fearless defiance, individuality, and sustainability—a sentiment deeply ingrained in Willner’s observe. Famend for her interdisciplinary artistry, Willner seamlessly merges research-based methodologies with experimental design, leading to objects with a story that problem the boundaries of conference.
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