Way of Roses, cross stitch embroidery on car parts, by Severija Incirauskaite-Kriauneviciene (LT) at the Strich & Faden - Heimat, Folk-art and Travesty art exhibition at Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Berlin, May/June 2009.
Lithuanian textile artist, teacher and curator Severija Incirauskaite-Kriauneviciene takes pleasure in things that are only insignificant details to most people. Proletarian concepts of beauty and utilitarian objects inspire her and form the basis of her cross stitch embroideries on car parts, "Way of Roses".
Severija's "female car tuning" is not only bringing an unexpected poetic touch to car decoration, it is turning everything that is expected of embroidery on its head: homely becomes worldly, static becomes mobile, feminine becomes masculine, decoration becomes social critique.
About the Strich & Faden exhibition:
The folksy German expression "nach Strich und Faden" means
to do something thoroughly, with great artistry and precision, or
according to the rules of an art or craft. In contemporary language
the term has gained connotations of trickery, deceit and travesty: our
belief in authenticity has gone. Travesty is a device present in many
works in this show, either as an artistic attitude, or as a subject
matter. The participating artists use it to subvert both the
traditions of Art & Crafts and our expectations of art.
The new edition of Strich und Faden presents representatives of the
thriving US-american Neocraft scene - some of which are shown in
Germany (or Europe) for the first time - and presents them alongside
their (Eastern) European colleagues. Strich und Faden II goes beyond
crafting however, also incorporating conceptual and neo-traditional
works on folklore and regionalism.
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janine berben 49 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Unintended Jewelry, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
This is extraordinary! I love it! :)
■ ) ■ 49 months ago | reply
The reinterpretation is very clear. I taught about that before reading.
meliciae 49 months ago | reply
This is so cool.
Porterness 49 months ago | reply
I'm speechless
Dancing Crow 49 months ago | reply
that is really cool!
Kunstraum Richard Sorge 49 months ago | reply
Thanks for the enthusiastic comments everyone!
littlecynicism 49 months ago | reply
Nice!
bexharris [deleted] 38 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fine Art Textiles, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Andrew1599 28 months ago | reply
Wow it looks nice... Racing ATV
Mari triaℓ 19 months ago | reply
very interesting!