"Disassemblage" Maria Björkdahl

Sponsored by the Arts & Culture Commission

In this body of work, Björkdahl makes paintings out of manipulated cotton duck, by cutting and unraveling the threads that hold the canvas together and then re-assembling and painting them.

Björkdahl is a Swedish-Moroccan visual artist based in Los Angeles, California. Her art practice centers on ideas of unearthing multiple layers and buried memories. She uses materiality and process to excavate ideas of hidden meanings, allowing for a wide range of interpretations. In this body of work, she makes paintings out of manipulated cotton duck, by cutting and unraveling the threads that hold the canvas together and then re-assembling the material into biomorphic shapes that are painted with oil and/or acrylic.

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