Aslaug Magdalena Juliussen began her career in art by immersing herself in an ancient crafts medium. The artist was soon working with traditional materials, translating reindeer hides and bones into abstract configurations: spheres covered in hides and pierced with antlers, wall hangings shot through with delicate bones and exquisite flowers formed of cloth, earmarks and glass.
Apart from a lavish spread of illustrations, this publication includes brief interdisciplinary essays that shed light on Juliussen’s work from many angles — biology, philosophy, gender studies and art history — thus making possible an engrossingly profound dialogue on art in the context of a European indigenous culture.
