Viking Magazine - November 2013 - 7
Nordic Life
Performance Art Abounds in NYC
Art lovers in the Big Apple should stop by New York's premier art event this
month, Performa Biennial, which brings together new visual art performance at
more than 100 events across 40 venues in New York City. This year, Norway leads
the international initiative " Pavilions Without Walls, " which features large-scale
collaborations between international artists. " The Norwegian art scene is more
vibrant and exciting than ever with new festivals and triennials emerging all over
the country, " Norwegian Consul General Sissel Breie told norway.org. Catch the
event from November 1-24. performa-arts.org
Performance duo Ingar Dragset (Norway) and
Michael Elmgreen (Denmark) perform " Happy
Days in the Art World. "
eye. Alone, she made
her way down the hill
to the nearest farm
for help.
Her story, passed
down from generation
to generation, was
pictorially interpreted a
century-plus later in an
embroidered tapestry
created by two of her
great grandchildren,
siblings Sigvard M.
and Anna E. Mohn. In
1964, Sigvard compiled
a booklet titled,
" The Mohn Family
Tapestry " that provided
A Stitch in Time
T
ending the goats and
cattle in the foothills near
Huset, Norway, young Kari
Ellingsdatter (1799-1892) whiled
away one summer afternoon
8 VIKING NOVEMBER 2013
insight into the panel,
" Grandmother and the
Bear, " as well as the
18 other depictions of
BY JEFF M. SAUVE
knitting. When she fell asleep
a large black bear mauled her,
destroying her knitting and
scarring her face, breaking her
nose and blinding her in one
sonsofnorway.com
family history such as
" Uncle Ole and Uncle
Eli Marching off to War " and
" Audrey on her Cow Pony. "
The idea of the tapestry
originated in 1943 when Sigvard
and Anna sought to decorate
their shared Brooklyn studio
apartment with a suitable wall
hanging. Infl uenced by Britain's
Bayeux Tapestry, professional
artist Sigvard sketched his design
with charcoal on brown
wrapping paper, later tinting it
with watercolor. No other work
was completed on the family
tapestry until after World War II.
Between 1946 and 1961, which
was two years before her death,
Anna intermittently embroidered
the 46 x 42½-inch linen
tapestry with wool yarn. Her
playful stitching has survived
more than 60 years with the
black bear forever caught in the
moment as a farmer pursues it
with a gun in hand.
Currently the tapestry is owned
and displayed by a family
member who lives in Illinois.
Jeff M. Sauve serves as an
archivist for the NorwegianAmerican
Historical Association
in Northfi eld, Minn.
SPREAD
THE
WORD
Koselig (kooh'-seh-lee) = comfortable, enjoyable, cozy
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF (TOP) PERFORMA 11
http://www.norway.org
http://www.performa-arts.org
http://www.sonsofnorway.com
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