Bildraum
Solo exhibition, ARRATIA BEER, 2009, Berlin
In the process of analyzing and rediscovering a historical context, Fragateiro comes to embody it in her sculptures, reiterating and modifying its aesthetics as she suggests alterations to its history. It is this strategy that forms the basis for several pieces in Bildraum, her series of work from 2009-10: that draws on the work and biography of the German designer and architect Lilly Reich (1885-1947).
This personal and design history- intertwined inextricably with Mies’, encompassing assistance and collaboration in overlapping venues and with similar styles - has never been fully clarified. As Christiane Lange writes in Ludwig Mies van der Rohe & Lilly Reich: Furniture and Interiors, “they developed a common creative use of forms that they repeated and varied,” but these designs have been attributed predominantly to Mies.
This personal and design history- intertwined inextricably with Mies’, encompassing assistance and collaboration in overlapping venues and with similar styles - has never been fully clarified. As Christiane Lange writes in Ludwig Mies van der Rohe & Lilly Reich: Furniture and Interiors, “they developed a common creative use of forms that they repeated and varied,” but these designs have been attributed predominantly to Mies.
Photos: Astrid Busch
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