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Mirage / You’ve got the look
Cameo Wild Series no. 1 - leather brooch
- year: 2015
- type: Brooch
- material: Naturally tanned cow leather
- size: 42 x 22 x 4 cm
- technique: Wet molding, Cuir Bouilli
Cameo Series 2015 - leather brooch
- year: 2015
- type: Brooch
- material: Naturally tanned reindeer leather, dye
- size: 34 x 21 x 5 cm
- technique: Wet molding, Cuir Bouilli, hand dyed
Cameo Series 2015 - leather earings
- year: 2015
- type: Earrings
- material: Naturally tanned reindeer leather, wood, dye, lacquer, silver
- size: 10 cm
- technique: Wet molded, braiding
Cameo Wild Series no. 2 - leather brooch
- year: 2015
- type: Brooch
- material: Naturally tanned cow leather, reindeer leather, dye
- size: 10 x 19 x 2 cm
- technique: Wet molding, Cuir Bouilli, dyed
The story
“Craft Punk”
In this duo exhibition at Platina, Sanna Svedestedt and Karin Roy Andersson explored the image of the artist.
– I don’t feel like an artist.
– So what do you feel like?
– I feel like a draught ox.
Imagine frazzled thoughts, stained with red wine, amidst a creative chaos of paint and brushes. Isn’t it peculiar how old prejudices about artists still persist? Yet, the image of the artist is ever-changing. Through today’s social media, the windows to studios and artistic processes are flung wide open. Now, a fresh cup of coffee and a sleek laptop are added to the once decadent aura. But does this image reflect reality? Do artists play along to sustain a romanticized image and market themselves? Are they living in a fantasized dream, or do they follow social norms like everyone else?
In today’s digital age, art is often consumed through screens. But what happens when reality is shown through a filter? And what if imagination runs wild? Is it the artist’s role to challenge social codes and norms, or merely to reflect them? The boundaries between art categories are now blurred—needlework becomes art, art becomes design, design turns into craft, and craft is seen through photography and video. What defines art jewellery? Is the human body the focal point? Where does functionality lie? Does the scent of the forest inspire, or has urban life overtaken the wild?
What reflections can be seen through that glass of red wine? Front and back, image and myth, honesty and bareness, outside and inside. Sanna Svedestedt and Karin Roy Andersson from #diagonalartprojects invite you to look into the mirror—from different perspectives, in your reality, theirs, or the image of it.
In preporation for the exhibition at Platina, Karin and I were exploring different artistic steriotypes. We reinacted classic paintings and portraits, and we took selfies inspired by some of the most famous artists. We shared the photos on social media leading up to the exhibitions opening.
“Any great project starts with at blank piece of paper”
“Life of an artist”
“Paraphrasing The Dying Dandy by Nils Dardel”
“Frida Kahlo was here”
“Coffee break with Meret Oppenheim”
EXHIBITION WIEW
In the exhibitions set up, we used large images. The art jewellery was placed with the front against the mirror, and the back against the viewer. To see the art piece you needed to look at yourself in the mirror. In the reflection you could see yourself wearing the piece and we encouraged visitors to take selfies.
