By combining traditional
craft techniques and the language of
painterly abstraction, Synnøve Anker Aurdal (1908–2000) reinvented tapestry-making and created a new space for modern
textile art. Her works took on a singular and effervescent character by featuring materials such as copper thread, polyester, fiberglass, nylon, metal chains and—most controversially—synthetic dyes. Despite a thriving career and frequent media presence in Norway, the fact that Anker Aurdal was a woman with no academic artistic education, working in feminized artistic media, shaped her trajectory and the reception of her work.
