Kristín & the Women
“I was a bit shaky when I was embroidering the first picture,” says artist Kristín Gunnlaugsdóttir, who recently showed new pictures in Reykjavík: not painted, but embroidered on coarse canvas.
“I was a bit shaky when I was embroidering the first picture,” says artist Kristín Gunnlaugsdóttir, who recently showed new pictures in Reykjavík: not painted, but embroidered on coarse canvas.
The themes are different from her earlier work. The icons and delicate depictions of deities are gone. Now her subject is Woman, not wearing a stitch, and bursting with the energy of Creation. “I have no interest in distortion or provocation or change just for the sake of it,” comments Kristín. “I simply wanted to go further with something that I had fully explored.”
Camera: Bjarni Felix Bjarnason
Sound/editing: Þorsteinn J.
Music: Mugison www.mugison.com
English subtitles: Anna Yates