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27th June 2025

Hannah Ryggen is widely recognised as an important artist in Scandinavia, but is less well-known elsewhere including the UK, despite a successful exhibition of her work at Modern Art Oxford in 2017 (and excellent reviews). She herself looked beyond her small farm and was fully aware of international politics and culture. This is Poem by TS Eliot (1952) which includes translated lines from "Little Gidding" (1942) and Ryggen herself, with yarn and weaving shuttle in her hands.  

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