Art Hounds: Mount Eerie, Helena Hernmarck, and the smallest of libraries
"Poppies," 1978, by Helena Hernmarck. From the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. (Image courtesy of the American Swedish Institute)
This week's hounds put their stamp of approval on a haunting singer-songwriter from the Northwest, a fiber artist whose oversized pieces are as detailed as photographs, and giant bird houses that books fly in and out of.
Minneapolis poet Amelia Foster is drawn to the impressionistic lyrics and layered sounds of Mount Eerie. 'Fuzz folk' is how some people categorize it. Mount Eerie is the moniker of Washington singer-songwriter Phil Elverum, who's making a stop at CO Exhibitions gallery in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Sept. 5. On this Twin Cities visit, "Mount Eerie" will be backed by a full band.
The Little Free Library has changed writer and poet Juliet Patterson's life. Little Free Libraries look like purple martin birdhouses but they're actually repositories designed to facilitate neighborhood book exchanges. Juliet put one in her front yard and is now on a first name basis with book loving neighbors from several blocks away.
Lin Nelson-Mayson says you're in for a visual feast if you go see the tapestries of Helena Hernmarck at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis. Lin, who's director of the University of MInnesota's Goldstein Museum of Design, calls Hernmarck one of the world's most innovative fiber artists, whose enormous weavings are known for their eye popping photorealist detail. By the way, Lin says the American Swedish Institute's brand new expansion is quite stunning, too. The exhibition, entitled "In Our Nature: The Tapestries of Helena Hernmarck," is up through Oct. 14. For more Art Hounds' recommendations, check us out on Facebook and Twitter. Art Hounds is also available as a podcast on iTunes. Art Hounds is powered by the Public Insight Network.
Create a More Connected Minnesota
MPR News is your trusted resource for the news you need. With your support, MPR News brings accessible, courageous journalism and authentic conversation to everyone - free of paywalls and barriers. Your gift makes a difference.