Casado Santapau presents the fourth solo exhibition of the German artist Claudia Wieser, a show that introduces for the first time in the gallery her textile work, consisting of a series of tapestries and fabric pieces that interact with small glass sculptures, her characteristic ceramic works and well-known geometric drawings.

Claudia Wieser’s practice is highly diverse, encompassing a wide range of media, including ceramics, drawing, sculpture, and wall installations. Her work is inspired by modernism and geometric abstraction, establishing connections with architecture, design, cinema, and theater. The artist’s affinity with the avant-garde and constructivism is reflected in the rigorous composition of her pieces, where aesthetic harmony and visual resonance prevail.

Art and craftsmanship in her work are indivisible. Wieser combines diverse materials and techniques, such as painted ceramics, tapestries, wooden spheres, and glass vases, to explore the relationship between aesthetics and functionality. Her work, characterized by meticulous attention to detail, finds a balance between planning and experimentation, revealing the tension between the geometric and the organic.

Her ceramic surfaces, resembling tiles, common in Claudia Wieser’s work, exhibit a harmonious union of shapes and colors. In her Berlin studio, the artist handcrafts each ceramic piece through a complex production process before the final application of the glaze. Effort, quality, and time are the silent companions of these works.

On the other hand, as new elements in this exhibition, Claudia Wieser presents for the first time a series of small blown glass sculptures, following her characteristic wooden sculptures but experimenting with new materials. She also presents a series of textiles and tapestries, hybrid collages that combine pictorial and graphic elements with organic and geometric forms. The tapestries and their fibers, with their extensive cultural history, establish connections between the horizontal and vertical, the functional and the artistic representation, craftsmanship and high technology, while engaging in dialogue with the tradition of modernist experimentation.

However, hybridity is not only evident in what was woven, but also in how it was produced. By using different weaving methods and varying the passage of the weft and warp threads, the artist emphasizes the three-dimensional nature of the textile. Her work may perhaps be understood as an invitation to test one’s own sensory perception. In this way, they open a space of temporality, intertwining the past, present, and future in a continuous experience.

Overall, the exhibition space becomes a hybrid fabric, where sculptures, papers, and textiles intertwine in a fluid and organic dialogue.