Queer folk dress

Traditional garments and accessories can evoke powerful feelings of belonging – but also of exclusion. What emotions do they stir in you?

In the touring exhibition Queer folk dress, several contemporary artists have been invited to explore and challenge folk costume traditions, identity, and craft heritage. They have created their own expressions through photography, weaving, beadwork, porcelain, installations, and instruments.

The result is both a tribute and a rebellion – in an exhibition where folk costumes are not primarily garments, but symbols and ideas that shape our time, our self-understanding, our relationships with others, and our history.

Queer folk dress is a traveling exhibition from the National Museum, developed in collaboration with a number of external professional and artistic advisors. Now, for the first time, you can see the exhibition in Oslo.