Dreams & Memories exhibit at the Textile Center, June 12-Aug. 16
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Dreams & Memories: Contemporary Tapestries by Aino Kajaniemi
June 12- August 16, 2014
Aino Kajaniemi, Finland's 2010 Textile Artist of the Year, makes her United States debut at Textile Center. Kajaniemi uses the historic Scandinavian textile tradition as a medium for exploring contemporary individual and community emotion and memories. In her adept hands, the traditional tapestry medium - one with a rich cultural history - is transformed into something simultaneously both familiar and cutting-edge. Kajaniemi's bold and dramatic tapestries, often likened to sketching or a form of line etching with fibers, have been shown in solo and collective shows throughout Europe. Her work is also well represented in Scandinavian art collections.
Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Finnish immigrants in the United States and the celebration of Finnish heritage and culture FinnFest 2014, Textile Center's exhibition will complement corresponding Finnish art exhibits at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the American Swedish Institute. Support provided by Anita Jain, Common Strands.
