Untitled (7254/67), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (7254/67), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Spitzenwaren is a series of 38 graphite drawings that deal intensively with the patterns and documents of a Stuttgart lace ware company in the first half of the 20th century, thus paralleling the history of the aesthetic development of ornaments as well as the economic development from the turn of the century to the years of reconstruction and translating it into a contemporary form.
The individual drawings in the series take up patterns and documents as a repeat and transpose them, mirrored several times, into an allover framed by a medallion shape.
The starting point was the original patterns of the handmade lace ware, which were applied in ink to thin transparent paper and served as models for the mostly female craftswomen. In addition, the artist researched company correspondence, court records, tax and financial documents as well as advertising material in numerous archives throughout Germany, which illustrate the development of the company. This is the first time that both samples and documents have become the subject of an artistic work.
The fascinating variety of past patterns is transformed into a contemporary form by the pencil drawing, which traces the elaborate work steps of the lacemakers. In the process, fragments of a history of style and production are created in condensed form, ranging from the First World War, the Great Depression and the Nazi dictatorship to the post-war period. The filled oval of the drawing thus becomes a fragile time capsule.
Dedicated to Barbara Hafner.
Untitled (7254/67), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (7254/67), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Ladies’ garment trimmings), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Ladies’ garment trimmings), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (122/137), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (122/137), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Mill), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Mill), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (N.N. 2), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (N.N. 2), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Permanent visa), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Permanent visa), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Postage rate), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Postage rate), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Cooperations), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Cooperations), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (90/37), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (90/37), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Attorney Mail_1), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Attorney Mail_1), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (107/9), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (107/9), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Addendum to the shareholders’ agreement), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Addendum to the shareholders’ agreement), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (114/322), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (114/322), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Tax Agency Mail_1), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Tax Agency Mail_1), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Lace Booklet_1), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Lace Booklet_1), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Attorney mail_2), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Attorney mail_2), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (N.N. 1), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (N.N. 1), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Court mail), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Court mail), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Advertising), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Advertising), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Lace booklet_2), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Lace booklet_2), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Berlin), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Berlin), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Addresses), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Addresses), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (105.5/66), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (105.5/66), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Hohenstaufenstrasse), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Hohenstaufenstrasse), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (124/173), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (124/173), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Debtors_1), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Debtors_1), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (144/6), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (144/6), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Company outing), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Company outing), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (134/19), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (134/19), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Factor and Factories), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Factor and Factories), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (67/104), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (67/104), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Circular), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Circular), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (9262/23), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (9262/23), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Debtors_2), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Debtors_2), 2021, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (144/20), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (144/20), 2023, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (Tax Agency Mail_2), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (Tax Agency Mail_2), 2022, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (1534/71), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (1534/71), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Untitled (93/3), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Detail Untitled (93/3), 2024, pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
With the kind support of the Baden-Württemberg Economic Archive, Stuttgart-Hohenheim (WABW) [holdings: Y 94 Oberdorff & Straub, Stuttgart]; State Archives of Baden-Württemberg, division Ludwigsburg [holdings: EL 902/20 Bü 17424, StAL F 303 II Bü 339, StAL F 303 II Bü 4147, F 201 Bü 425, F 201 Bü 483, F 201 Bü 583, FL 700/13 Bü 2847, FL 700/13 Bü2847]; Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf, Dezernat 15 (Angelegenheiten nach dem Bundesentschädigungsgesetz (BEG)), Federal Central Register; State Capital Stuttgart, Cultural Office, City Archive Stuttgart [holdings: Geburtsindex Stuttgart Mitte, Signatur178/4, Signatur178/5]; Landesarchiv Berlin [holdings: Akte A Rep. 342-02, Nr. 66461, Registratursignatur HRB 48893, Akte A Rep. 342-02, Nr. 56937, Registratursignatur HRB 53440, P Rep. 570 Standesamt Berlin-Wilmersdorf von Berlin Nr. 2151, Namensverzeichnis Sterberegister 1969]; Handelsregister Berlin; Standesamt Gemeindeverwaltung Sulzbach-Laufen, Geburtenregister; Grundbuchzentralarchiv Baden-Württemberg of the Amtsgericht Ludwigsburg; German Newspaper Portal of the German Digital Library, data provider: Digital Collections of the Württemberg State Library [holdings: Stuttgarter neues Tagblatt: Südwestdeutsche Handels- und Wirtschafts-Zeitung]; Statistical Library of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany [holdings: Wirtschaft und Statistik, Ausgabe 1938, 1939, 1940]; German Federal Archives, Department BE 2 (Personenbezogene Bereitstellung Deutsches Reich I) [holdings: NSDAP/SA-Mitgliederkartei]; the Textile Library of the St. Gallen Textile Museum.
Sponsored by Stiftung Kunstfonds, Neustart Kultur.
