Bones
Artist
Sigrid Holmwood
(Australien, född 1978)
Date2021
MediumBrazilwood, madder, and weld printed onto calico
DimensionsYttermått: 420 × 91,5 cm
ClassificationTextile
Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)
Countries
Object NumberMOM/2021/107
CollectionsSvenska förvärv 2021
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkSigrid Holmwood’s work is based on extensive research on the production of natural pigments and the colonial aspects that are linked to these processes. The artist highlights how oppression of indigenous peoples and the peasant class has led to a loss of knowledge, not least about plants and their properties. There are also parallels to the witch hunts in the past, which were partly founded on the condemnation of certain knowledge, including the medicinal use of plants. Holmwood develops the knowledge and applies it in her practice to create paintings and textile prints. The pattern in Bones is partly from an 18th-century print, used as a sign of caution on the doors of houses afflicted with disease.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Nyförvärvsutställningen (den 5 februari 2022 - den 14 augusti 2022) Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Nyförvärvsutställningen (den 5 februari 2022 - den 14 augusti 2022) Moderna Museet, Stockholm