Berger’s process as highly interrogatory, synthesising multidisciplinary research into material constructions. Deconstructing these products and then resynthesizing rich abstracted geometric textile designs from their constituent parts.
Not simply the materiality of object, but the emotions that the sensation of feeling materials delivers:
‘for one must listen to the fabric’s secrets, track down the sounds of materials.’
Otti Berger – Sample of Upholstery for Tubular Furniture, 1932-1937, Double weave of cotton and plastic fibers, 32.7 x 72 cm (12 7/8 x 28 3/8 in.), Harvard Art Museums
Otti Berger – Sample (Furnishing Fabric), 1919–1933, Cellophane, plain weave, 35.5 x 45.8 cm (14 x 18 in.), photo: The Art Institute of Chicago
Otti Berger – Camelia Pattern Fabric Samples, Textile fibers, Harvard Art Museums
