 Tom LundbergTom Lundberg's embroidered works are unique creations with rich, vibrant hues of pure color. Hypnotic images lifted from memory, and crafted with incredible skill, they draw the viewer into rapturous worlds with images offered like cherished memory.Statement
Some fabrics embody the dualities of human experience: inside/outside, front side/underside. By the Middle Ages, sumptuous altar cloths and vestments were changed with each feast day and season of the church calendar. While appealing to the senses with rich and elaborate surfaces, these fabrics also charted a journey that led beyond the material plane. On the fronts and backs off their court robes, officials in imperial China wore panels called Mandarin squares. Embroidered with birds, animals, waves and clouds, these insignia diagrammed how each individual fit within an ordered and layered universe. In my embroidered pictures, glimpses of everyday life merge with fragments of memory. The steady process of stitching attempts to bind and compress the fleeting moments that trigger each piece. Like threads pulled from intertwining networks, small details reflect the bigger picture. ImagesCollectionsAmerican Craft Museum, New York, NYIndianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado, Denver, CO |
Textiles are full of interconnecting patterns. Even scraps of cloth reveal fragments of larger rhythms. Life unfolds in bits and pieces.