Helena was in conversation with Nina Clark at the American Swedish Institute as part of the First Look festivities for the Institute’s current exhibition, Karen Larsson: Let the Hand Be seen, on view through October 27, 2024. Their conversation followed a screening of the 20-minute film documenting Helena’s most recent major commission at Hudson Yards. Clark has an intimate understanding of Helena’s career through her involvement with Helena’s 2012 exhibition at the Institute, In Our Nature: The Tapestries of Helena Hernmarck. Their conversation touched on Helena’s education, mentors, carer, and technique, as well as her relationship to the work of Karin Larsson.
Helena in conversation with Nina Clark at the American Swedish Institute after a screening of the 20-minute film, Hernmarck Tapestries at Hudson Yards. Photo courtesy of the American Swedish Institute.