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With the series “60imQuadrat,” Krefeld-based textile artist opens a new chapter in her artistic practice. Internationally known for large-scale quilts and expansive textile installations, she now focuses on a reduced format—square compositions measuring 60 x 60 cm—that nevertheless unfold a surprising intensity and depth.
At the center of the works are unique pieces made from Dupioni silk, whose shimmering surface naturally carries a vibrant interplay of light and color. Pfeil enhances this character by layering, stitching, folding, and transforming the silk into graphically condensed collages. Meticulous craftsmanship merges with the freedom of artistic gesture: lines become structures, surfaces break apart, and the fabric itself becomes the image-bearing medium.
The palette ranges from powerful, luminous colors to earthy, tranquil tones. Through the deliberate combination of contrasts, overlays, and spatial layering, three-dimensional spaces emerge within the image—drawing the viewer’s gaze inward while simultaneously allowing it to linger on the vibrating surface.
With “Silk-Art” in square format, Claudia Pfeil explores the boundaries between textile art and painting. Her works are collages in the truest sense—stitched rather than painted, constructed rather than applied—yet they still develop a painterly visual language. They play with order and dissolution, with surface and space, with material and imagination.
The works in this series therefore mark not only a new direction within the artist’s oeuvre, but also contribute to an expanded understanding of textile art: as an independent, contemporary form of expression that breaks away from tradition and enters into dialogue with the visual arts.
