Tapestry, a solo exhibition by Annika Berglund

Tapestry, a solo exhibition by Annika Berglund - 17 November to 15 December 2024

17 November - 15 December 2024

Solo show:

'Tapestry'

Artist: Annika Berglund

Official Opening at 3:00 pm on Sunday 17 November 2024,
Olivier Cornet Gallery, 3 Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1.

Guest speaker: Jean Ryan, art historian and storyteller

The wall pieces also feature in our 3D virtual space.

The Olivier Cornet Gallery is delighted to present Annika Berglund's third solo exhibition with us.

With her recent switch from ceramics to works in felted wool, Annika Berglund’s new practice has gone from strength to strength with her Corona virus piece having been acquired by the National Museum of Ireland for their Covid collection.

"Tapestries show textile as art by displaying it so it can be seen.

My work is not woven, but the idea of the weave is important for this body of work.

Woven textile can be very simple or incredibly complex, but relies on the interconnection of warp and weft.

In my thinking about this work, the warp encompasses the themes, precondition and constants that create a baseline or continuity for your life; that which will always be with you, for good or bad.

The weft, the threads that go across the warp, grow the fabric with each new addition, pull together the weave and create ever new patterns. These are like new events, people and circumstances that come and go, or stay; their contribution growing the weave and creating richness and complexity, whether they just make a single appearance or are part of a recurring pattern.”

Annika Berglund

In addition to wall-pieces, the exhibition will also feature a selection of the artist’s new series of wearable art in felted-wool.

Coverage:

Cultural Highs: Where To Go And What To Wear This Autumn, Penny McCormick, The Gloss Magazine, 13 September 2024.

Irish Arts Review magazine, 13 November 2024.
Artistic License: Annika Berglund, The Gloss Magazine, 13 November 2024.
Events, Totally Dublin, 13 November 2024,

Annika Berglund, Different on the Inside, Merino wool & Tencel fibre, 72x43cm
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Annika Berglund, And the Sun Appeared…, Merino wool, 82x72cm
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Annika Berglund, Sea Shore, Merino wool, silk & Tencel fibre, 18x21cm
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Annika Berglund, And The Sun Appeared II, Merino wool, silk & Tencel fibre, 20x22cm
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Annika Berglund, Radharc I, Irish wool: Jacob, Blue Texel, Zwartbles, Romney and BFL Mule, 62x82cm
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Annika Berglund, Radharc II, Irish wool: hand washed carded and spun Irish wool yarn, 23x23cm
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Annika Berglund, A Moment Between Day and Night I, Merino wool, 61x41cm
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Annika Berglund, A Moment Between Day and Night II, Merino wool, 61x41cm
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Annika Berglund, Monochrome Study I, Merino wool, 18x18cm
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Annika Berglund, Monochrome Study II, Merino wool, 18x18cm
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Annika Berglund, In the Moment, Merino wool, silk fibre & cotton embroidery thread, 82x70cm
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Annika Berglund, Room with a View Merino wool, silk fibre & cotton embroidery thread, 70x22cm
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Annika Berglund, View Point, Merino wool, silk fibre & cotton embroidery thread, 21x21cm
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Annika Berglund, Suddenly III, Merino wool, 15x15cm
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Annika Berglund, Signs of Life in Red, Merino wool, 107x81cm
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Annika Berglund, A Pattern in Grey, Merino wool & Tencel fibre, Merino wool, 24x22cm
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Annika Berglund, Study in Grey, Merino wool, 24x21cm
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Annika Berglund, Study in Blue, Merino wool, 21x24cm
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Annika Berglund, Study in Green, Merino wool, 23x23cm
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Annika Berglund, Study in Red, Merino wool, 23x23cm
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Annika Berglund, Depth of a Feeling, Merino wool, 127x62cm
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