“What you tell is not always what you have experienced”
The series of fourteen necklaces by artist Hanna Hedman explores the
borders between lie, escapism, reality and fantasy.
Hanna Hedman’s new series of work has been inspired by an interest in
storytelling and how stories change depending on the narrator, whether
information is left out and dependent on to whom the story is told. What
is really changing each time you tell a story and why is the truth so hard
to tell? Is the truth even interesting? Maybe fantasy is as relevant as
reality.
Existence is frightening and we all have our own strategies of handling
and processing the cruelties of the world around us. Our fantasy worlds
can function as outlets or survival strategies and a person’s personality
can consist of as much fantasy as realism.
Surprising things happen along Hanna Hedman’s time consuming and intense
creative process. Development of each piece progress organically with
limited predefined planning. Fragments are created individually and then
combined in a similar fashion as stories develop over time.
Reality and dreams of past centuries meet in an ornamental story that is
neither black nor white; instead it exists in a grey area, undefined and
strange. Hanna Hedman wants to entice you into her suggestive world full
of detail; sometimes beautiful but also melancholic and malevolent.
Materials: Silver, oxidized silver, powder coated copper, syntetic fibers
and paint.
Photographs by Sanna Lindberg, www.sannalindberg.se
