KHRYSOS

~ spirit of gold

(sold)

SIGNE EMDAL

2019-2021
Icelandic wool, Swedish cotton warp
50 x 97 x 21 cm
unique piece
touch tech
on show at PAD London October 2022
WINNER OF BEST CONTEMPORARY ARTWORK PAD LONDON 2022

Khrysos is an artwork transformed and created after a performance in Kunsthal Charlottenborg called “Mimosa Memory”. Read about the Performance here

/Text by Galerie Maria Wettergren

For Khrysos (2019-2021), meaning ‘spirit of gold’ in Ancient Greek, Signe Emdal was inspired by the delicate fragility of the mimosa flower. Just a single touch will destroy the flower. Created using Emdal’s signature fusion technique, TOUCH, the vibrant textile work is a merge of Icelandic unspun wool fibers and Turkish carpet knots transformed into subtle layers of fur-like shades of poetry, reflecting human body energy layers and body memory from physical interactions.