kr en

Continue Shopping

Your cart

Your cart is empty...

FRI FRAKT INOM SVERIGE ÖVER 1000 SEK.

Total

Value added tax (VAT) is payable on all orders when the customer is a consumer resident in the EU. Orders to countries outside the EU may need to pay VAT, import duties, and taxes.

Emilia Ilke

The Swedish artist Emilia Ilke has created the collection Sea Sea Sea for Fine Little Day – A collection celebrating the sea and all its treasures.

Solidarity and anti-racism is significant for multidisciplinary artist Karin Kakan Hermansson’s distinctive, lovable personality. Her works are often commentaries on topics such as feminism, sexuality, identity and politics. Her interests also include the associations between craft, social identity and taste as a signal of social status. “Everyone has a relationship with craftsmanship.” Hermansson was born in Lund in 1981 and has lived in Stockholm for 20 years. She is educated at Konstfack (University of Arts, Crafts and Design), Ceramics and Glass 2006-2012, where she has been teaching as an assistant professor for 9 years.

Hermansson describes the exhibition as an excursion, an excavation, which carries historical references, idols and the artist herself.

The Exhibition Very Traditional will show at Fine Little Day Gallery 23/3 – 28/4, 2024.

"The shell, a symbol of travel. Not only beautiful to the eye, they are bearers of memories and an ear away from the sound of the beach, the sea. For Emilia, they take her back to the summers spent outside Oskarshamn as a child with grandfather Ilke."

Q: Can you tell us a bit about your background and education in art? How did you develop such a strong visual identity?

A: It still surprises me today, that I would become an artist. I was never one of those girls who was good at drawing, and I couldn't sit still. However, we drew a lot at home, built different worlds and my dad made different inventions. Nothing was particularly good looking but it was free and fun. I was always interested in objects, collected small ceramic objects early on, and there was a lot of art at home, but becoming an artist was out of the question. I wanted to save the world's women by becoming a midwife, but when I went to Nyckelviksskolan in Öland for a year and, my teacher asked me, why should you be that? It's so stressful, become an artist! After Nyckelviksskolan, I finally entered Konstfack and after a year I understood that I could combine my political life with art. Then things cleared for me and I began to shape my artistry.

Follow @rnbhermansson On Instagram