In her work Hanna Klingseisen is interested in the process of overlay and intersection, in the different layers and new surfaces arising. By combining and contrasting textile surfaces, structures and haptic impressions she is exploring the material in a two dimensional as well as in a sculptural way.
The theoretical background of her work is based on interpersonal connections - borderlines, the dissolution of boundaries and the space in between. This leads to questions like what aspects of character, feelings and behavior are shared and blended in an encounter? How much you will drip into me in a constant confrontation? Thinking about ideas of new work, globalization, social media and polarized politics, these questions are also elementary relevant to society as a whole. Being a social species, we are always torn between individualism and blending into a group for the need of belonging, giving up every contrasting outerline.
And this is where textiles come into play again, they represent our outermost covering to the world - as garments, blankets, curtains or tents. Its broad metaphoric meanings give us sensations of cozy and warm, shelter and belonging. Often constructed as a woven tissue or a net, it connects every thread along its surface, may it be in a perfect rectangle order or a chaotic intuitive construction.
With a background in haute couture Hanna Klingseisen, born 1986, spent 15 years in the textile sector working for different couture ateliers, founding an own Label and teaching textile technology. After her two daughters were born in 2018 and 2020 she left the fashion sector and started to transform her collected couture fabrics into artworks - to break the cycle of constantly producing new clothing.
Her work is on display at commonsense gallery in Milan, as well as in Munich at Stephanie Thatenhorst Interior, the VOR Studio and her own munich based atelier.
Exhibitions:
Rosa Süß & Hanna Klingseisen
04.09.24 - 07.09.24
Maistraße 29
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Randbereiche
14.11.23 - 19.11.23
spazioarte munich
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Farbe Formen
11.04.21 - 24.04.21
with Tuulikki Jäger
Kaulbachstraße 1a