Contextile — Cato Løland

Turning Strangers Into Family

1. Turning Strangers Into Family (Blue)
2. Turning Strangers Into Family (Green)
3. Turning Strangers Into Family Beige)
4. Turning Strangers Into Family (Yellow)
5. Turning Strangers Into Family (Pink)
6. Turning Strangers Into Family

3.9— 30.10.2022

Contextile
6th Contemporary Textile Art Biennial Guimarães, Portugal

Turning Strangers Into Family returns to the concept of bringing disparate materials back into the fold. Here Løland’s recognizable materials are remixed into compact assemblages. However, unlike many of his former works, this series was not made with a specific space in mind from the beginning. The series of five sculptures was selected for the Contemporary Textile Art Biennial in Portugal (2022). The tightly bundled and vertically hung artworks evoke the ongoing influence of Norwegian artists Brit Fuglevaag and Elisabeth Haarr on a younger generation of artists. Photo: Thor Brødreskift.

Turning Strangers Into Family

Exhibition with additional works:
Turning Strangers Into Family (Orange)
Turning Strangers Into Family (Warrior)
Turning Strangers Into Family (Pink II)
Turning Strangers Into Family (Silver Spine)
Turning Strangers Into Family (Purple)

9.12.22 — 15.1.23

Entrée, Bergen

Knotted, wrapped, and braided; the sculpture series Turning Strangers into Family, merges recognizable yet disparate materials into tightly bundled and compact assemblages. Detritus cast aside and rescued from alleyways can be found alongside torn pieces of clothing and high-quality silk and metals.

Cato Løland’s work has a playful odor and refuses to get categorized, it questions hierarchies within materials and techniques. He is particularly drawn to industrially produced materials as they offer an opportunity for the reintroduction of the human hand in their creation – for reanimation. Subtlety, vulnerability, playfulness, and insistent presence has become hallmarks of his practice.

Photo: Bent René Synnevåg.

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