Out of the abyss: Joana Schneider's textile ecosystems debut in Berlin

KÖNIG TELEGRAPHENAMT presents EEUWEN by Joana Schneider, the artist’s first exhibition with the gallery. Joana Schneider’s works seem to come from another world. They hover between classical media such as painting and sculpture and are created from textiles and fabrics, which Schneider produces from found materials like fishing nets and other marine waste before further processing them. One thinks to recognize something organic: mushroom-like blossoms sprout from the walls, meandering forms resemble cross-sections of tree trunks or aerial views of marshlands, waterfalls and fabric-covered canvases from which richly colored flowers burst. The forms appear to be in a state of growth and becoming, occupying an in-between space and a realm of dreams. A central work of the exhibition—WADDENEINLAND—recalls a classical landscape in both