Fishing in the field is an exhibition of twisted strands and entanglements - knots and nets. Borrowing forms from history and place, the exhibition presents new ceramic, textile and metal works by Anni Hagberg.
Held together by relational tensions, these works dwell in the many inter-regulations occurring between mind, body, social contexts, physical environments, and time. Present is also an idea of passive capture; a patient and hopeful entrapment of things both unknowable and deeply familiar.
Here obscure preoccupations declare themselves through personal symbols and hard-working hands, transcribed in silk, steel, gold and porcelain.
Anni Hagberg is an Australian-born Finnish artist with a particular interest in creating process-led material encounters through sculpture and installation. Often working with found and non-traditional materials within craft processes, Hagberg creates spatially informed works that explore processes of change, relational interaction, and notions of time.
Recent projects include ‘In a restless world like this’ (2024), a group exhibition curated by Chantelle Mitchell and Jaxon Waterhouse at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre and ‘Water under a bridge’ (2023), a solo exhibition at CAVES in Melbourne. Hagberg also regularly collaborates with sculptor and designer Michael Gittings as Pit Projects, with ‘Rubbish Works’ (2025) and ‘Thistle Chair’ (2024) exhibited during Melbourne Design Week 2024 and 2025.