The 46th Tendencies opens at Galleri F 15

Tendencies is a biennial for Nordic handicrafts. This year’s edition, In the right hands, focuses on craft’s materiality, the work of the hands, and making statements through textiles. The exhibition opens Saturday 23 March at 14:00.

With a specific focus on textiles, the biennial takes into consideration how this genre’s related materials and techniques have been accessible through time and social barriers while providing a universal language uniting generations and cultures.  

Expanding on this foundation, the exhibition appropriates the phrase, “In the right hands” as its title with the aim to demonstrate craft’s diverse perspectives and capacity to empower individuals to make statements about the world we are part of. In the Right Hands explores why materials and the work of the hand appeal to artists today, and how this relationship guides one to rethink and reevaluate society.  The exhibition presents the practices of artists based in Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The artists narrate ongoing challenges in relation to politics and economy through their handicraft. 

Artists:
Henna Aho (Finland), Marsil Andjelov Al-Mahamid (Serbia/Norway), Kristina Austi (Norway), Lisa Englund (Sweden), Brit Fuglevaag (Norway), Tore Magne Gundersen (Norway), Ida Suvituuli Immonen (Finland/Norway), Kamil Kak (Poland/Norway), Esse McChesney (Sweden), Hanna Oinonen (Finland), Inger Johanne Rasmussen (Norway), Hilde Skancke Pedersen (Norway), Kristina Skantze (Sweden), Maja Stjärna (Sweden), Kristin Tinsa Sæterdal (Norway). 

The exhibition is curated by Maria C. Havstam and Anne Klontz, and is on view until 12 June 2024.

More information about the opening and the exhibition on Galleri F 15 webside.

Photo: Galleri F 15.