A time for … textile art

29. april - 5. juni 

Twenty-one artists display entirely new works, all inspired by the same verse of the Old Testament. 

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every purpose under Heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 3)

It’s up to each of the 21 artists to consider the meaning in this verse when they contribute to the exhibition, “A time for … textile art” in Copenhagen’s Round Tower. There are no requirements for the size or form of the creations, only that their thoughts about their individual work be expressed in words and presented alongside their visual expression. Word and image create a dialogue. 

“We’re looking for the essential expression that can move and enrich us, as opposed to the hasty and the ephemeral, which dominate our time,” according to Ellis Hinz-Berg and Lone Villaume, the arrangers of “A time for … textile art.” “We’re seeking sensuality, emotions, life, religion; thoughts about life and death, war and peace, joy and sorrow.”

 Hinz-Berg and Villaume have invited textile artists from Denmark, Norway, Spain and the USA, all of whom work with what they call, “a pictorial and expressive idiom,” through weaving, printing and paper.

 The 21 artists are:

Kari Guddal
Ane Henriksen
Grethe Wittrock
Inge Lindqvist 
Annette Graae
Vibeke Lindhardt
Mary Mazzoti 
Ana Bellido
Charlotte Østergård
Anette Bendiksen
Jenny Hansen
Grete Sørensen 
Anne Fabricius
Bitten Hegelund
Kis Nielsen
Lone Villaume
Ellis Hinz-Berg
Hans Christian Rasmussen
Malene Christiansen
Jette Hartvig
Åse Ljones 

The exhibit is sponsored by:  

Nationalbankens Anniversary Grant

Augustinus Foundation

L.F. Foghts Foundation

Frimodt-Heineke Foundation