© Miriam Bäckström
Smile as if we have already won
Artist
Miriam Bäckström
(Sverige, född 1967)
Manufacturer
Flanders Tapestries, Belgien
Date2012
MediumTapestry made of cotton, wool, silk, trevira-CS and lurex
DimensionsYttermått: 281 × 1143 × 1 cm
ClassificationTextile
Credit LineDonation 2013 from The Friends of Moderna Museet
Countries
Object NumberMOM/2013/149
CollectionsModerna Museets Vänner
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkMachine-woven tapestry is a way of exploring the possibilities and limitations of the photographic image for Miriam Bäckström. Her aim was to create a work it would be impossible to take in at a single glance. The properties of the image change with the degree of distance from the work, such as the possibility of perceiving both the motif and the texture of the surface of the image at one go. Bäckström had the camera pan across a room covered in mirrors that had figures wearing reflective clothing inside it. She is interested in the way we use the camera as a mirror with memory.
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