Hagar Vardimon

Fine artist Hagar Vardimon is known for her threads and paper works. She earned her B.F.A. degree in art.

Her work has been seen both nationally and internationally, including Robert Mann Gallery in New York, USA; Scope Art Miami, USA; Bedford Gallery in California, USA; The Schneider Museum of Art in Oregon, USA; Fresh, Hong Kong; Fresh stART in Los Angeles; MK Gallery, UK; and many others in Europe and worldwide.

In 2019, she won the D&AD for The New York Times Magazine Special Issue Covers. In 2018, she created the cover and the double-spread illustration for The New York Times Magazine. In 2017, her work was chosen as “Artist in the Spotlight” in the Fresh exhibition in Hong Kong. In 2015, she won the Aesthetica Long List Art Prize.


Artist Statement

Which Way the Wind Blows

“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know,” Diane Arbus.

In the series Which Way the Wind Blows, straight embroidery stitches are hand-sewn directly on found photos. On top of the main image subject, horizontal straight lines have been stitched, as if they’re being blown by the wind, like a faded memory. This obscures the main object while perpetuating it at the same time.

The threads render the image fuzzy and almost unrecognizable as distant memories. The threads mimic the colors of the image below, creating an additional layer in time, hiding and revealing. The images are photos of everyday life, for example, a photo taken in and next to a new car before going on vacation, or in a front yard next to a favorite toy.


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