Research Catalog

Title

Hannah Ryggen : woven manifestos / Marit Paasche; Esther Schlicht (eds.).

Author

Ryggen, Hannah, 1894-1970

Publication

• Munich : Prestel, [2019]
• Altusied-Kruzgell, Germany : Kösel
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Paasche, Marit
• Schlicht, Esther
• Demandt, Philipp
• Dragset, Ingar, 1969-
• Laub, Johanna
• Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, host institution.

Description

131 pages : color illustrations, portraits; 30 cm

Summary

Discover the tapestries of Hannah Ryggen, one of the most influential Scandinavian artists of the 20th century. Hannah Ryggen created numerous monumental tapestries in her lifetime. Originally trained as a painter, Ryggen began weaving on a standing loom on her self-sufficient farm on the West coast of Norway. She challenged the formal traditions of Norwegian 17th- and 18th-century textile folk art, combining figurative and abstract elements. She also experimented with and developed colors using local plants and other materials she foraged. Her tapestries bravely tackled the social issues of the time, from the atrocities of war to the abuse of power. She created work in direct response to Hitler, Franco, and Mussolini and made powerful statements of support to the victims of Fascism and Nazism. This book features about 25 of Ryggen's signature tapestries including Etiopia (Ethiopia), Drommedod (Death of Dreams), and Vi lever pa en stjerne (We Are Living on a Star). It shows her work representing a different kind of modernism where elements of folk art and mythology are mixed with contemporary life. Haunting and powerful, Ryggen's work was unprecedented at the time, as it expressed her political messages to the public. Exhibition: Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (26.09.2019-12.01.2020).

Alternative Title

Woven manifestos

Subject

• Ryggen, Hannah, 1894-1970 > Exhibitions
• Ryggen, Hannah, 1894-1970

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Exhibitions (note)

• Published to accompany an exhibition held at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 26th September 2019-12th January 2020.

Contents

Foreword / Philipp Demandt -- Unfolded. The monumental tapestries of Hannah Ryggen / Marit Paasche -- In life's shirt of flame / Marie Luise Knott -- An accidental modernist: Ingar Dragset in conversation with Esther Schlicht / Esther Schlicht -- Biography and chronology / Johanna Laub -- Exhibited works -- Colophon and copyrights.

Call Number

JQF 20-1150

ISBN

• 9783791359267
• 3791359266

OCLC

1120043824

Author

Ryggen, Hannah, 1894-1970, artist.

Title

Hannah Ryggen : woven manifestos / Marit Paasche; Esther Schlicht (eds.).

Publisher

Munich : Prestel, [2019]

Manufacturer

Altusied-Kruzgell, Germany : Kösel

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Exhibitions

Published to accompany an exhibition held at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 26th September 2019-12th January 2020.

Added Author

Paasche, Marit, editor, author.

Schlicht, Esther, editor, author, interviewer.

Demandt, Philipp, writer of foreword.

Dragset, Ingar, 1969- interviewee.

Laub, Johanna, author.

Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 20-1150