Sofie Dawo - Hatje Cantz

A two-page spread from an art book. The left page is a photograph of an art gallery with white walls and a dark floor. Abstract, mostly black-and-white artworks hang on the walls, including a grid of twelve smaller framed pieces and several larger, textured works. The right page shows the book's table of contents in German and English, listing chapters and sections like Biography, List of Works, and Exhibitions with their corresponding page numbers.

A page from a book or catalog with a two-column layout. The left column contains text in German, and the right column features the same text translated into English. The text discusses an art exhibition on textiles and the Bauhaus, with the section titles Emerging surprises and Bauhaus visible. The name Friedrich Meschede is printed at the bottom.

An interior view of a modern art gallery with white walls and a grey floor, featuring a large, central abstract artwork. The piece is a vertical canvas with a dense, grid-like pattern of thick black lines over a light background. To the left, a series of smaller framed black-and-white drawings hang in a row, and to the right, a portion of a vibrant, textured orange artwork is visible.

A two-page spread from a book. The left page shows a long, narrow, black woven textile with a heavily textured surface and a fringed bottom, hanging vertically. The right page displays a drawing on paper with a grid of dashed lines; four squares on the right are filled with dense black cross-hatching.

An art catalog page displays eight framed abstract textile artworks in two rows of four against a white background. The weavings feature geometric and linear patterns in mostly black, cream, and brown, with varied textures from flat to shaggy. One piece in the bottom row features a blue and black grid design.

A two-panel image of a woven textile. On the right, a rectangular, cream-colored wall hanging is displayed, featuring a sculptural texture of horizontal, undulating waves. The left panel is a close-up detail of the fabric, showing its intricate weave of sheer and opaque bands, with thin, dark threads accentuating the wavy, ruffled pattern.

A two-panel image from a book displaying an abstract artwork. The right panel shows a black square canvas filled with a dense, chaotic scribble of thin, silvery thread. The left panel is a close-up, angled view of the same piece, highlighting the three-dimensional, layered texture of the tangled threads.

A two-page book spread showing a black-and-white photograph of artist Sofie Dawo in 1964. She stands in front of a grid of her six abstract ink drawings, which feature dense, varied line patterns on white paper. The photograph is on the left page, surrounded by text in German, while the right page features a column of English text.

A two-page book spread displaying two contrasting abstract artworks. On the left is a black and white ink piece with a dense pattern of thick vertical lines and thin horizontal lines. On the right is a colorful needlepoint artwork with a dark, repeating-pattern border and a central area of intricate, multicolored stitches on a grid.

A photograph from an art book showing a square textile artwork on the right-hand page. The piece, set against a black background, features five vertical columns of fine, silvery-white, hair-like fibers that cascade downwards in a fountain-like pattern, with the ends curling up into delicate loops at the bottom.

A composite image from a book showing two textile artworks. On the left, a square black wall hanging contains a central, textured grey woven rectangle. On the right, a three-dimensional, cream-colored hanging sculpture is formed by intersecting panels decorated with white, vertically-striped diamond shapes.

A minimalist white art gallery displaying three abstract textile artworks on a wall. From left to right: a square piece with vertical blue threads fading to black, a smaller piece with a black fringe on a white background, and a larger, brown woven hanging with a highly textured, ridged center. To the right is an opening to a brighter room with a window.

Sofie Dawo

Eine textile Revolte / A Textile Subversion

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By (artist): Sofie Dawo

Edited by: H.-Peter Jochum, Jett Rodgers

February 2024, 160 Pages, 110 Photos

Quarterbound Hardcover

218mm x 288mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5621-1

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Sofie Dawo (1926-2010) was one of the most important representatives of Concrete textile art in the second half of the 20th century. Based on the principles of the Bauhaus, but with the courage to experiment, the German artist developed her own artistic position. In a radical departure from traditional weaving designs, she explored the qualities of both tested as well as new materials, often working in series. Dawo's skillful research of the properties of her fabrics and materials allowed her to move beyond the two-dimensionality of the woven surface and create works with a sculptural character.
This publication draws on the estate of her long-underrepresented œuvre, which includes not only woven pieces but also hitherto unseen drawings. Both bodies of work demonstrate the extent to which Sofie Dawo understood her weaving art as an autonomous genre.