Slit Tapestry Red-Green

For its director, the division of the Dessau textile class into a teaching and a production workshop opened up the possibility of exploring the artistic potential and design vocabulary of weaving. The ‘Schlitzgobelin Rot-Grün’ (Slit Tapestry Red-Green), for which Stölzl had drafted a large number of sketches, was created within this context. The dominance of the titular red and green contrasts supports and balances the bold composition. ‘Stölzl’s “Slit Tapestry Red-Green” speculates about what a tapestry might be if it were no longer a translation of painting into cloth but an exploration of weaving's own possibilities.’ (Annie Bourneuf)