• Trine søndergaard
• year: 2016
• published by: Rønnebækholm, DK
• language: danish
• format: 70 x 47 cm

Strude #14

The Strude #14 poster features one of the images from the series by Trine Søndergaard titled “Strude” that was created between 2007 and 2010.

In this series of hyper realistic photographic portraits, Trine Søndergaard depicts present day women and girls wearing traditional clothing from the Danish island of Fanø. Some have their faces covered by masks of woven cloth, a strude, customarily worn by women on Fanø, in the past, to protect their faces against the elements.

In the series, the artist examines the portrait as a genre by using the headgear. The costume marks the different stages of life, e.g. confirmation, wedding and widowhood, and creates a duality in the portraits between what is said and what is left unsaid; the visible and the invisible.

Layered with tradition, hidden symbols and forgotten meaning, Søndergaard operates between past and present, bringing attention to a long forgotten part of Nordic cultural history as well as contemporary political debates on the public appearances and rights of women.

Photos from the Strude series are represented in several public collections e.g. The National Collection of Photography in The Royal Danish Library, Gothenburg Museum of Art, The National Museum in Oslo, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, France and Museum Kunst der Westküste, Germany.

The poster measures 70 x 47 cm and is signed by the artist.