Kent Henricksen’s work draws us in with his use of the traditional medium of embroidery. His use of this unthreatening medium packs a punch, once we are in he then disrupts our peace with his grim imagery.
info from Cross magazine
via extreme craft and we make money not art
more images from his exhibitions at john connelly and seite
image ‘Country Life’ Embroidery thread on printed fabric mounted on wood
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The dutch ‘textielmuseum’ has a exposition on embroidery too. http://www.textielmuseum.nl
This gives me more food for thought than the stuff on thgeir website though..
Some of his work is currently on show at the museum of contemporary art Kiasma (Helsinki, Finland) as part of a Ars 06 -exhibition. If you happen to be in Helsinki, go see it!
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