The Norwegian artist Hanne Friis (b. 1972, Oslo, Norway) walks a fine line in her work between fine art and contemporary crafts. The exhibition "Contemporary Craft: Hanne Friis" now offers the first survey of the artist's extensive oeuvre to be shown in Germany. Already during her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Trondheim, Friis worked with a wide variety of materials including not only silk and wool but also foils, plastics and imitation leather to create tension in her works. Using a needle and nylon thread, Friis shapes the textiles into three-dimensional corporeal sculptures. She drapes fabrics into countless folds and sews them together using a specially developed embroidery technique to create landscapes with colour spectrums reminiscent of Impressionist painting. The nuances are generated by dyeing the fabrics with local plants, fungi and lichens. In this show, early works are juxtaposed with new pieces created especially for Hamburg. This is the third part of the "Contemporary Craft" exhibition series, which the MK&G initiated in 2022 to showcase the work of prominent craftspeople.

"Contemporary Craft" is supported by the Hans Brökel Foundation. The exhibition has received support from Norwegian Crafts, the Office for Contemporary Art Norway and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Support Scheme for International Craft Projects.