MÄRTA MATTSSON & ANNA FORSBERG
Hide & Seek
– Things Are Not What They Seem
APRIL 22 – MAY 14, 2017
Jewellery artist Märta Mattsson and designer Anna Forsberg together challenge preconceived notions of what a piece of jewellery or rug can be.
As a child, Anna Forsberg was attracted to nature and its creatures – everything from spiders to butterfly caterpillars. These little creatures became her beautiful, wondrous friends. Inspired by their perfect symmetries, she creates patterns for handmade rugs.
On the other hand, Märta Mattsson approaches her work from a perspective of disgust and fear of insects. When she was a child, she hated everything about them, from their buzzing sounds to alien-like compound eyes. In an intricate creative process, Mattsson transforms the bodies of insects into compelling art jewellery.
Hide & Seek presents two artists joined in their fascination for bugs, and whose works are characterized by exquisite craftsmanship and a natural expressiveness.
Artist talk: Tuesday April 25, 5.30 pm.
Read more
MÄRTA MATTSSON
Necklace, “Wings”, cicada wings, resin, lacquer, pigments, silver.
ANNA FORSBERG
Rug, ”Dreamer”, hand-knotted Tibetan wool. Measurements: 150 x 150 cm.
MÄRTA MATTSSON & ANNA FORSBERG
Märta Mattsson, brooch, large cicada, copper, resin, lacquer, gold, pigments.
Anna Forsberg, rug, “Hide & Seek”, twenty-one sections, hand-knotted Tibetan wool. Measurements: 62 x 102 cm.
MÄRTA MATTSSON & ANNA FORSBERG
Märta Mattsson, brooch, “Fly”.
Anna Forsberg, rug, “Hide & Seek”.
Purchased by Nationalmuseum in Stockholm after a donation by The Bengt Julin Fund
MÄRTA MATTSSON
Necklace, “Gathering”, cicada wings, large cicadas, cubic zirconia, resin, lacquer, pigments, silver.
MÄRTA MATTSSON
Brooch, “Wings”, cicada wings, resin, lacquer, pigments, silver.
MÄRTA MATTSSON
Brooch, “Wings”, cicada wings, resin, lacquer, pigments, silver.
ANNA FORSBERG
Rug, “Dreamer”, hand-knotted Tibetan wool. Measurements: 150 x 150 cm.
MÄRTA MATTSSON
Two necklaces, large cicadas, copper, lacquer, resin, gold, pigments.
ANNA FORSBERG
Rug, “Hide & Seek”, twenty-one sections, hand-knotted Tibetan wool.
MÄRTA MATTSSON
Two necklaces, “Wings“, cicada wings, copper, resin, lacquer, gold, pigments.
MÄRTA MATTSSON & ANNA FORSBERG
Märta Mattsson, Brooch, “Fly”, large cicada, copper, lacquer, resin, gold, pigments.
Anna Forsberg, Rug, hand-knotted Tibetan wool.
ANNA FORSBERG
Two rugs, “Dreamer”, hand-knotted Tibetan wool. Measurements: 150 x 150 cm.
“Moths”, hand-knotted Tibetan wool. Measurements: 170 x 240 cm.