Exterior Reflections

Helena Hernmarck

2005

Wool

Minneapolis Institute of Art

A woven tapestry depicts abstract vertical bands of color suggesting architectural forms and reflections. The composition is divided into distinct vertical sections with varying textures and hues. A woven tapestry depicts abstract vertical bands of color suggesting architectural forms and reflections. The composition is divided into distinct vertical sections with varying textures and hues. Hernmark works in the centuries-old tradition of tapestry weaving, but she has honed a unique style throughout her 40-year career. Her approach to imagery, which she calls superrealism, interprets a snapshot of something ordinary at unexpected dimensions. The intention is to jolt the viewer into a new frame of reference. The complexity of color in Hernmarck's tapestries are owed to her use of materials, which involves grouping variously co