Måne (Moon) and Fält I (Field I) from the series Notes on Hide by Carola Grahn were acquired for the Corona Collection, an initiative to support the Swedish art scene during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Carola Grahn’s textile collages Måne and Fält I, the traditions of Sámi craft and western art collide in a kind of notation method. Listen to Carola Grahn elaborating on the series Notes on Hide and how she relates to vätnoe, Sámi craft, in the film above.
Artist biography Carola Grahn
Carola Grahn was born (1982) and raised in Jokkmokk, Sápmi. She graduated from the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm in 2013 and has also studied at Beckmans College of Design, Stockholm and the Gamleby Photo School. She lives and works in Malmö.
