[…] is a symbol of human poverty, an individual cast out by society, subsisting by collecting what the city has discarded. The ragpicker catalogues the forgotten through their collection. In Pariserpassager, Benjamin argues that the crucial aspect of collecting is freeing objects from their original functions, detached from their utilitarian purposes. For the collector, each […]
[…] oak. At a price tag of around 6.1 billion Norwegian kroner, the new National Museum is a major investment for the Norwegian state. The permanent exhibition, ‘The Collection’, consists of six main presentations, with the former Museum of Decorative Arts and Design – which closed back in 2016 in order to prepare for the […]
In this 504-page treatise, Mikkel Venborg Pedersen, senior researcher and head of the Textile and Dress Collection at the National Museum of Denmark, and Marie Riegels Melchior, PhD, associate professor at the Saxo Institute, present the history of Danish fashion, including a cornucopia of paintings, photographs, newspaper clippings, copperplates, reliefs and everyday photos of […]
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[…] doing this with its new focus on Art Deco in Denmark. While it is rare to see more than a few objects in even large international museum collections, here we finally have a true 360-degree view of a style era that has never ceased to fascinate and inspire with its very special design language. […]
[…] 12.00 - 12.35 Tideland Studio in conversation with Stephanie Strøyer, art historic and former valuer from Bruun Rasmussen Art Auctions. How did Tideland Studio bring ‘The Stolen Collection’ to life? The project consists of nine ceramic works. Each work is a replica of a stolen cultural heritage item from the Middle East that has […]
[…] told through clothes Deutsches Textilmuseum Krefeld has knowledge about family memories and stories related to clothing. Grandchildren and heirs hand in worn items of clothing to the collection accompanied by the family story about them, for example that this was the last thing their great-grandfather was able to take with him out of Poland […]
[…] resonates with a vibrant energy. On the shelves and walls, I glimpse little stories: a jar full of plastic spoons, framed art combining nature and function, a collection of spoons that once turned into both damask tablecloths and wallpaper – and the special strawberry spoon that once earned Løvschal admission to the Royal College […]
In this context, the term refers specifically to being attentive to the ‘gut sense’ of the site, with architecture most aptly understood as a collection of nerve paths and an enhancer of material qualities. Pihlmann, who has practical experience with this building approach from his work with Thoravej 29 in Copenhagen, among other projects, […]
[…] craft traditions from different geographical locations. She came up with some ideas, but it was also part of the project to let the production conditions shape the collection. For example, together they landed on using some hand-spun yarns. After her stay in Nepal, she travelled around India with fellow designer Sarah Brunnhuber, who is […]
[…] contrast between familiar elements and the expressive works tests our imagination about the integration of the material - perhaps our perception of the world is often experienced as a collection of opposing opinions that cannot be easily reconciled. As in Andromeda, they are also often held in rigid systems that are locked and welded together.