Mona Petersson’s artistic practice has long been infused by an interest in environmental issues. In a wide-ranging production she has worked with video, textiles and sculpture, exploring themes such as monocultures, climate change, respiratory and purification protective devices, and the root system of trees.
Petersson’s art practice is exploratory in the true sense of the word. Tratt med puff och slang (Funnel with puff and tube) consists of two glass funnels connected to hoses and a type of pump-system of crocheted cotton yarn and wool, plastic and needlecraft. The elements of the objects may bring to mind practical tools that we use to make our lives more efficient. The hand-crocheted yarn that envelops and softly binds them together is in sharp contrast to expected functions and creates a fragile, tactile, expression. What are we actually seeing?
Artist biography Mona Petersson
Mona Petersson (b. 1954) lives on the island of Brännö in the municipality of Gothenburg. In 1987–1991 she studied textile art at HDK Valand Academy of Art and Design in Gothenburg. Petersson works with installations, sculpture and objects in various materials and techniques, poetry and previously also wall collage and video.
