Annika Berglund's Information Networks I at Art Evolve 2025 Fair, RDS, Dublin, 4-6 April

The Olivier Cornet Gallery is delighted to showcase Annika Berglund's 'Information Networks I' at the ART EVOLVE 2025 Fair, RDS, Dublin, April 4 to April 6, 2025.

This work will feature at our stand no 27, alongside other works by the artist and by the following artists we represent: Hugh Cummins,  Eoin Mac Lochlainn,  Miriam McConnon, Yanny Petters and Kelly Ratchford. We will also showcase work by three artists from our AGA group: Mary A. Fitzgerald, David Fox and Nickie Hayden.

This beautiful textile work combines wet-felted Marino wool, cotton threads as well as gold- and silver-plated threads. Natalia Sikora, a volunteer at the Olivier Gallery Cornet, selected that work as her favourite and wrote a beautiful essay about it:

“...Berglund creates a visual for this process as ‘mining for the “golden nuggets” of understanding and connection’ which is beautifully represented by the bands of gold and silver plated silk thread spread across the fibres stretching over the depression in the panel. Only a single silver ring can be seen in the centre, potentially suggesting a special type connection with a personal meaning for the creator. The ligament-like ropes create an organic form reminiscent of a flesh wound and its healing journey as each side is seemingly being pulled to each other in an attempt to bridge the gap. In a sense, this image can be interpreted as an attempt of the individual to find their place in the world and their community as well as an appeal to humanity for a mutual interpersonal understanding.…”

The essay can be read in full here.

Did you know that another work by Annika Berglund, titled 'In Danger, Who?' features in the collection of the National Museum of Ireland? You can read all about it here.

Art Evolve, a brand-new contemporary art fair showcasing the very best of Ireland’s contemporary art scene.