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Bluerider ART
Kari Anne Helleberg Bahri (Norway, b.1975), graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Oslo. Growing up in an environment full of creativity in childhood, Kari Anne escaped from the typical Norwegian minimalist style, inherited the melancholy and cold temperament of Northern Europe, using old clothes, rags, and fragments of fabrics, restitched them and created her own language in textile art. Focusing on the theme of limitations, expectations, regulations, and isolation, these are the subject the each individual confront in the collective society. Kari Anne had exhibited in Kunstmuseet Nord Trøndelag, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum in Norway, and Socle Du Monde Biennale in Denmark. Her works are permanently collected by Kongsberg Municipality, Den Norske Husflidforening and many other important institutions.
Kari Anne Helleberg Bahri's childhood came from a poor family. Her mother, a tailor, often used old clothes and other easily available fabrics to create designs, transforming decay into magic, which deeply influenced Bahri's interest in fabrics. The untimely death of her father left her in isolation, silence, self-doubt, and a feeling of being trapped in her own body. Through the process of creating by weaving, patching, and sewing together fabric scraps, she found a way to express herself. Her mother's inspiration as a medium and her father's imagery frequently appear in her creative content. She once said: "I use clothes and fabrics as a language of communication to liberate their function of packaging the body." Fabrics are materials with warmth. Clothing, as an object to cover the body, has the most intimate contact with personal skin. Once it is new, After clothing is worn, it is no longer in a new state. A person's mental state and emotions will leave traces of time on the clothing. It is a private dialogue with oneself, and it is also an individual's external image of himself in society.
Bahri makes good use of hand sewing methods and spends a long time with the collected fabrics to explore the details of the fibers.Using natural materials such as cotton, linen, and wool, Bahri often chooses white or neutral colors for presentation. She believes that art often reflects the heavier aspects of life. The use of neutral colors allows the artwork to be free from the influence of either pleasant or sad emotions. It liberates the confined body, transcending the limitations of self-imposed constraints and thereby creating a unique life story.Using weaving thread as a paintbrush, her creations explore issues such as Limitations, Restrictions, Expectations, and Isolation in current society. Through the reinterpretation and recreation of the chaos, abandonment, flaws, decay, and imperfections of ready-made objects, she allows viewers to escape from their own circles. , reflect on the memory experience from an objective position, and from this position stimulate the process of self-dialogue, identification, and compromise of "who I was in the past," "who I am in the future," and "who I can be."
In the textile art of the 20th century, artists used the toughness of fibers and the intimacy of fabrics to connect the body to express their own positions and differentiate themselves from traditional weaving techniques. Anni Albers, a German-American artist, was the first to break the boundaries between art and craft. She used the characteristics of fabric fibers to incorporate natural materials, synthetic threads, and metal plastics into tapestries to study the geometric layout and composition of the picture balance.American artist Judith Scott is renowned for her use of textile wrapping to create a series of everyday objects. The linear, entwined forms suggest a process that alludes to rituals and games.Contemporary Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota uses installations composed of wool and ready-made objects to guide viewers to experience the journey of life and completely record the fear of death.Kari Anne Helleberg Bahri's works, in contrast to representing the individual experience of life through weaving, involve old fabric traces, hand-sewn threads, and stitching together fragments of time. Her art serves as a counterforce against the societal values impacting individuality, offering a more profound and nuanced interpretation.
這次在Bluerider ART登場「縫合」(Sew Up) -卡里．安妮．赫勒伯格．巴赫里Kari Anne Helleberg Bahri亞洲首個展，亦是Bluerider ART 首次代理、展出織品藝術Textile Art，展場聯合台北．敦仁、台北．仁愛雙館，將展出其歷年來的系列代表作品，從牆上到大型集合裝置。展名「縫合」(Sew Up)具有多重意義，外在現成織品的纖維解構與縫補，內在喚起個人時間碎片記憶的共感，並對單一個體在整個社會群體中關於限制、秩序、期待、孤立的對抗與和解。台北．敦仁展出作品 Circus (2017) 記憶中父親工作的既是小丑裝，也是馬戲團帳篷，勾起人前歡樂人後悲苦、笑中帶淚的共感經驗。作品Inception (2016)選用舊麻布袋縫線縫製而成，暗喻著懷胎過程的辛苦與新生的喜悅。作品Sleep tight (2014)將衣物束縛在盒中，一方面呈現身體受包裹的安全感，一方面也形成限制身體的無形框架。作品 General People (2013)則用各式不同的襯衫及外套組合的群體，表現社會集體的心理狀態，看似可愛的造型背後隱含質疑的反差。台北．仁愛則展出大型集合裝置Garment Bags (2016)，由80件衣架衣袋組合，向著同一個方向整齊排列。人們對於什麼時期應該做什麼事有著共同的觀點，進而觸發某種期待亦是限制，表現其實人都害怕被孤立，也為符合社會期待而遵守秩序。 卡里．安妮．赫勒伯格．巴赫里Kari Anne Helleberg Bahri使用織品Textile art 作為說故事的媒介，表面上操作著破布、織品、織線、碎片等混亂的元素，實則深入解剖衣物痕跡感受的記憶溫度，與深刻的內心世界所隱藏的心理狀態，透過創作呈現喜怒哀樂情緒的人性微縮，她的藝術是批判性的和解，同時也是對於靈魂深處的關懷。
「縫合 Sew Up」
卡里．安妮．赫勒伯格．巴赫里 Kari Anne Helleberg Bahri 亞洲首個展
■ 開幕式（藏家預覽）：2022.10.8 Sat. 2pm – 5pm
■ 大眾開放：2022.10.8 Sat. 5pm – 7pm
■ 展期：2022. 10.8 – 2022. 12.11
■ 地點：
► Bluerider ART 台北．敦仁
Tue.-Sun., 10am – 7pm
台北市大安區大安路一段 101 巷 10 號 1F
► Bluerider ART 台北．仁愛
Tue.-Sat., 9am – 6pm
10F., No. 25-1, Sec. 4, Renai Rd., Taipei
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藝術家介紹
Kari Anne Helleberg Bahri
卡里．安妮．赫勒伯格．巴赫里
（Norway , b. 1975 )
Kari Anne Helleberg Bahri (Norway, b.1975), graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Oslo. Growing up in an environment full of creativity in childhood, Kari Anne escaped from the typical Norwegian minimalist style, inherited the melancholy and cold temperament of Northern Europe, using old clothes, rags, and fragments of fabrics, restitched them and created her own language in textile art. Focusing on the theme of limitations, expectations, regulations, and isolation, these are the subject the each individual confront in the collective society. Kari Anne had exhibited in Kunstmuseet Nord Trøndelag, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum in Norway, and Socle Du Monde Biennale in Denmark. Her works are permanently collected by Kongsberg Municipality, Den Norske Husflidforening and many other important institutions.
Education
2006 2009 National Academy of the Arts, Oslo BA
2004 2006 University of Oslo, study of Esthetics
1997 2000 Det Tverrfaglige Kunstinstitutt ( The Interdisciplinary Institute of Art )
Solo Exhibitions
2022 “Re fleksjon” Siloen, Drammen, NO 2020 “Overcover – Undercover”The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, FAROE ISLANDS
2019 Anniversary exhibitor, Buskerud,Østlandsutstillingen (annual exhibition of the eastern region)
40 years anniversaryKongsberg Kunstforening, NORWAY
2018 “Jeg kler meg/ergo er jeg?” Group show+ solo show going on tourKunstvisitten, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm, NORWAY
2017 “Uncontaminated 2017” Art and Fashion Festival, Mellomstasjonen/The National Museum,Oslo, NORWAY
2016 “Constraint where placed on the circulation of clothing” Oppland Kunstsenter, Lillehammer, NORWAY
2016 “Inside – Extra” Buskerud Kunstsenter, Drammen, NORWAY
2016 “Surgo”Kunstparken, Risør, NORWAY
2015 “Close(d)”Bærum Kunsthall, projectroom, Fornebu, NORWAY
2015 “Modify”Kongsberg Kunstforening, NORWAY
2015 “Needless” Trafo Kunsthall, projectroom, Asker, NORWAY
2015 “Procrustesbed” Det Gule Huset, Nesbru, NORWAY
2014 “Caught in the web” Ram Galleri, Oslo, NORWAY
2014 Kunstløa, Nome county, NORWAY
2013 “Uncustomized” Kunstmuseet Nord Trøndelag,NORWAY
2012 “Living in a box”display cases in the city Sandvika,Bærum,NORWAY
2011 display cases at Oslo Bussterminal, Oslo,NORWAY
2011 “You are never fully dressed without a smile”Galleri Blakstad, Asker,NORWAY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 “Sørlandsutstillingen 2022. Bølgenkulturhus, Lindtvedske Hus, and Ibsenhuset, NO
2021 «Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends» curatorTijs Visser 8th«Socle du Monde» Herning, DK
2021 “stipendiatutsstilling” Kunstparken Risør,NO
2020.”Summer Exhibition” Royal Society og Sculptors Dora House, London, UK
2019 «Sommerutstilling 2019 » Buskerud Artcenter, Drammen, NO
2017 «Uncontaminated 2017» art & fashion festival Mellomstasjonen
2017 «Telemarksutstillingen» Ibsenhuset,Skien & Kragerø, NO
2017 «Sommerutstilling 2017» Buskerud Artcenter, Drammen, NO
2015,17, 20 «Stipendutstilling» Buskerud Bildende kunstnere Buskerud Artcenter, Drammen, NO
2014 «The wearable art show» regi, Kreutzberg pavillon, Berlin Knipsu, Bergen, NO
2014 «Stipendutstillingen» Agder Artcenter, Kristiansand;NO
2014 «Det potensielle rommet» former Dikemark Hospital, Asker, NO
2014 «In a lonely place» Art Museum KUBE, Ålesund,NO 2014 «Østlandsutstillingen 2014» (annual exhibition of the eastern region) Kunstbanken Hedmark, Buskerud Artcenter & ØKS, NO
2014 «NOoSPHERE Arts’3rd Anniversary Show & Benefit Auction» NOoSPHERE Arts, New York City, USA
2013 «The Spring Exhibition 2013» Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
2013 «Craft 2013” The Nasjonal Museum of Art, Architecture & Design , NO
2013 «Byrom og andre rom» Bærum Art Union, sandvika, NO
2013 «A house full of friends» NOoSPHERE Arts, New York City, USA
2013 «Huntenkunst 13» SSP–Hall, Ulft, NL
2012 «International juried show» Galleri Ramfjord, Oslo,NO & NOoSPHERE Arts, New York City, USA
2012 «Lost Garden» BKiB in collaboration with HOK Henie — Onstad Art Center, Høvik, NO
2011 «The Norwegian sculpture Biennal 2011» The Vigeland–Museum, Oslo, NO 2011 “Craft 2011” The National Museum of art, architecture & design Oslo, NO
2011, 2012,2013, 2015,2016, 2019 «Novemberutstillingen»Lychepaviljongen,Drammens Museum, NO
2010 «Essens, Theme–Exhibition 2010» NK Art Museum KUBE, Ålesund & Kunstbanken, Hamar, NO 2010 «Østlandsutstillingen 2010» (annual exhibition of the eastern region) Peder Balke senter, Øvre Toten, NO & Østfold Kunstsenter , NO
2007 «Paperwork» DTK–project Gallery, Høvik, NO
2006 «..med hjerte for husflid», husfliden 115 år Oslo Town Hall Gallery, NO
2006 «Jubileumsutstilling» The Drawing Center of Norway, Oslo, NO
Public collections
Buskerud Kunstsenter
Den Norske Husflidforening