Wiehler’s tapestries then and now

2023

Daliborka Djuric

Wiehler’s tapestries then and now is a solo exhibition by Serbian visual artist and textile designer Daliborka Djuric. It consists of two works: NOFILTER and We are all one, aren’t we? The works blends visual art and traditional crafts and challenges the gendered hierarchies of the created. Wiehler’s tapestry is known as a decorative object in the home, typically embroidered by women.

In NOFILTER Djuric amends and deconstructs the tapestry by adding a unicorn horn to the horse and turning peaches into apples, and the idyllic landscape of the meadow overflows with guns and bombs in the form of children’s stickers. NOFILTER questions our gendered associations, prejudices, and values.

In We are all one, aren’t we?, Djuric has made angels into praying children and added a background of eye stickers that watch over the embroidered children and the viewer. The children are divided vertically and horizontally in categories of gender and skin color but united by their unicorn necklaces.

Daliborka Djuric (b. 1972) is a visual artist and textile designer who lives and works in Belgrade, Serbia. She graduated in 2003 from The Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade with an MA thesis titled Figuration in the Field of Tapestry.

www.daliborkadjuric.com

@daliborka1047

Curated and organized by RUM два in collaboration with KØN.

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Supported by Kulturudviklingspuljen

Special thanks to KØN – Gender Museum

4/5-23 – 15/6-23

KØN – Gender Museum

www.konmuseum.dk

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NOFILTER, 2019, 35x74cm.

Original Wiehler tapestry, embroidery thread, children’s stickers, digital printing

We are all one, aren’t we?, 2018, 6 x 35x46cm.

Original Wiehler tapestry, embroidery thread, children’s stickers, necklaces, digital printing

Photo: RUM два

Wiehler’s tapestries then and now

2023

Daliborka Djuric

Wiehler’s tapestries then and now er en soloudstilling af den serbiske billedkunstner og tekstildesigner Daliborka Djuric og består af de to værker NOFILTER og We are all one, aren’t we? Værkerne blander billedkunst og traditionelt håndarbejde og udfordrer håndværkets kønnede hierarkier via. Wiehler’s gobeliner som bruges som pyntegenstande i hjemmet og er typisk broderet af kvinder.

I NOFILTER forandrer og dekonstruerer Djuric gobelinen ved at tilføje et enhjørningehorn på en hest og lave ferskner om til æbler, og det idylliske englandskab flyder over med våben og bomber i form af børneklistermærker. NOFILTER sætter spørgsmålstegn ved vores kønnede associationer, fordomme og værdier.

I We are all one, aren’t we? har Djuric ændret engle til bedende børn og tilføjet en baggrund af øjeklistermærker, som holder øje med både de broderede børn og den, som betragter dem. Børnene er del op vertikalt og horisontalt i køns- og hudfarvekategorier men forenes af de ens enhjørningehalskæder.

Daliborka Djuric (f. 1972) er billedkunstner og tekstildesigner med base i Beograd, Serbien. Hun er uddannet fra Faculty of Applied Arts i Beograd i 2003 med kandidatafhandlingen Figuration i Billedvævning.