Knapp 10 Jahre, nachdem die in Bielefeld geborene und heute in Berlin lebende Künstlerin Friederike Feldmann das erste Mal Teppiche als Vorlagen für ihre Bilder verwendet hat, werden in der Studiengalerie 15 neue großformatige Arbeiten von ihr zu diesem Thema präsentiert…
On a gusty autumn morning I climbed the four flights of stairs to her Kreuzberg studio. Friederike met me at the door, her foundling cat Paul darting away behind the canvases. Over coffee she told me that she was born in Bielefeld, one of the most provincial of Germany’s larger cities. “There is nothing special about it,” she told me. “The land is not distinctive, nor is the local dialect. It’s best known as the home of Dr. Oetker, the big yoghurt and pudding manufacturer.”…