THE ART WORK OF ANITA GRAFFMAN
At the Kajima Corporation KI-BUILDING
- 1995/OCTOBER 2 (mon)- OCTOBER 13(fri)
- At the Kajima Corporation KI-BUILDING
THE ART WORK OF ANITA GRAFFMAN
- THOR, the God of thunder. H 460, W 140cm (handknotted carpet).
- WATER PYRAMID, waves of water. H 450, W 350cm in triangular form (handknotted carpet).
- YGGDRASIL, an old name for the tree of life. H 377, W 460cm (tapestry in three parts).
- NIGHT, "for love is as fierce as death. Great seas cannot extinguish love, no river can sweep it away". Song of songs. H 170, W 270cm (tapestry).
- LABYRINTH, an eternal symbol of magical force, used all over the world by humans trying to persuade the Gods to give rich harvests and luck in fishing. Running the maze has also been a rite which symbolizes spring returning from a frozen winter. H 500, W 500cm (handknotted carpet).
- SIGNS, two wooden screens. H 215, W 130cm.
- DIAMOND, inspired by medieval diamond patterns in joyful colours. H 120, W 340cm (handknotted carpet).
- BALLAD, inspired by medieval music. H 170, W 240cm (handknotted carpet).
- SQUARE, squares of different sizes is an old type of pattern known all over the world. H 240, W 170cm (handknotted carpet).
- PETRIFIED FOREST, a marble quarry where the stone is two billion years old. In my imagination I saw a jungle, petrified. H 270, W 300cm (tapestry). Sold to Ericsson Toshiba Telecomm. Systems KK. Yokohama Japan.
- SAREK, the lappish name of a holy glacier in northern Sweden. H 225, W 160cm (tapestry).
- HORIZON, hope dwells in the horizon. H 210, W 160cm (tapestry).
- PARATI, Portugese for "for you" and a memory from a beautiful and peaceful beach. H 170, W 140cm (handknotted carpet).
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