{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Urban Crochet Art","height":1224,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-crochet-art/Urban-Crochet-Art.jpg","width":1840},"credit":"","date":"2012-03-16T14:36:43Z","description":"Regarding this crochet art by Olek, yarn bombing and woolen street installations, it seems that cotton becomes a powerful street art tool...","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOlek\u003c/strong\u003e is an crochet artist. The New York-based Pole started to crochet things for friends not long ago, went on to crochet urban environment (one of the most popular one is the purple Wall Street Bull) and since then became that famous, museums are offering to buy her entire installations! And although some would describe her works as grandma-style, there’s a certain idea behind the very conceptual urban crochet artworks, as she pointed out in the accidental interview \u003cem\u003eGlobal Street Art\u003c/em\u003e did with Olek a few days ago\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImmediately, the naïve impression that Olek’s work is cute evaporates as she peers at you over her glasses. Her work is conceptual and much of it relates to the preservation of things that are fleeting in modern life. Olek has spent a lot of time crocheting snippets of conversation, text messages and emails, many from past lovers. Olek makes permanent representations of transient emotions, sharing them with viewers.\u003c/em\u003e (\u003ca href=\"http://globalstreetart.com/post/18601391833/an-accidental-interview-with-olek\"\u003eGSA\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegarding \u003ca href=\"/yarn-bombing-spidertag/\"\u003eyarn bombing\u003c/a\u003e and the nice \u003ca href=\"/yarn-bombing-moneyless-hottea-spidertag-berlin/\"\u003ewoolen installations\u003c/a\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eSpidertag\u003c/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMoneyless\u003c/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eHottea\u003c/strong\u003e, it seems that cotton becomes more and more popular as a tool for creating temporary urban art installations. Probably those oldish knitwear courses are going to become hyped again\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 2196\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"2196\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"2196\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/urban-crochet-art/olek-Crochet-Art_hu_c5b467822fcef522.avif 480w, /urban-crochet-art/olek-Crochet-Art_hu_56c3710a06cd7e51.avif 960w, /urban-crochet-art/olek-Crochet-Art_hu_85643569589f6205.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/urban-crochet-art/olek-Crochet-Art_hu_2bdcfec767ef0ad5.webp 480w, /urban-crochet-art/olek-Crochet-Art_hu_2c062408f22a3c1c.webp 960w, /urban-crochet-art/olek-Crochet-Art_hu_982be4ae34c88417.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/urban-crochet-art/olek-Crochet-Art_hu_6d6c860dc17b17f2.jpg\" srcset=\"/urban-crochet-art/olek-Crochet-Art_hu_4f031539b1204611.jpg 480w, /urban-crochet-art/olek-Crochet-Art_hu_f8690fb691a4cdab.jpg 960w, /urban-crochet-art/olek-Crochet-Art_hu_6d6c860dc17b17f2.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1719\" alt=\"olek Crochet Art\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eolek Crochet Art\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n**Olek** is an crochet artist. The New York-based Pole started to crochet things for friends not long ago, went on to crochet urban environment (one of the most popular one is the purple Wall Street Bull) and since then became that famous, museums are offering to buy her entire installations! And although some would describe her works as grandma-style, there’s a certain idea behind the very conceptual urban crochet artworks, as she pointed out in the accidental interview *Global Street Art* did with Olek a few days ago...\n\n*Immediately, the naïve impression that Olek’s work is cute evaporates as she peers at you over her glasses. Her work is conceptual and much of it relates to the preservation of things that are fleeting in modern life. Olek has spent a lot of time crocheting snippets of conversation, text messages and emails, many from past lovers. Olek makes permanent representations of transient emotions, sharing them with viewers.* ([GSA](http://globalstreetart.com/post/18601391833/an-accidental-interview-with-olek))\n\nRegarding [yarn bombing](/yarn-bombing-spidertag/) and the nice [woolen installations](/yarn-bombing-moneyless-hottea-spidertag-berlin/) by **Spidertag**, **Moneyless** and **Hottea**, it seems that cotton becomes more and more popular as a tool for creating temporary urban art installations. Probably those oldish knitwear courses are going to become hyped again...\n\n![olek Crochet Art](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-crochet-art/olek-Crochet-Art.jpg\u003e)\n\nolek Crochet Art ","tags":["Art Installation","Yarn Bombing","American Street Art"],"title":"Urban Crochet Art","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-crochet-art/"}