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eva berendes
Untitled, 2006
Rattan cotton thread, ink, brass
H160 cm


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"The works move on the boundary between two andthree- dimensional objects, they occupy real space but they alwaysremain to be images. In that sense also the curtain pieces, due to thephysical depth of their pleads, can be conceived as reliefs. The choiceof materials such as wood, wool, plaster, brass and leather or theirapplication refer to the domain of applied arts, alluding to ideas ofentirety since the arts and crafts movement as of the counter cultureof the 1960ies and 70ies. Her formal language reminds of works of theRussian avant-garde, especially supremacist painting, textiles as wellas exhibition design."

Untitled, 2007
Muslin, fabric dye, wood
223 x 193 x 40 cm