Šejla Kamerić

Šejla Kamerić is part of The 6th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art
at Ekaterinburg, Russia, from 02 October to 05 December 2021
with her work ‘Hooked’

Hooked consists of fourteen black and white large-scale crocheted items that the artist places in dialogue with their immediate spatial surroundings, their logic, and laws. The “Hooked” handmade crocheted nets are enlarged tablecloths – doilies (Russian: Салфеточка). These familiar household objects are transformed into pieces that symbolize the origins or their creation – social captivity of women. The crochet pieces are oversized and unattainable in a subtle attempt to break free from the enforced and maintained restraints.
Placed in sterile surroundings of an operating plant, they contradict the masculinity of its structures pointing to the traditional gender roles and responsibilities on the one hand and to the issue of artistry in the context of industrial production on the other.