Claudia Feigk views the world through the basic principles
of design, which she learned early in her career: line,
form and colour. Her approach to art has developed naturally
from a purist attitude toward media integrity and is the
logical culmination of her extensive academic training in
communication and design.
Effectively,
for her ‘less is more’. There should not be
too many effects, one’s gaze should not be overwhelmed,
presence should neither be multiplied nor emphasized. Claudia
Feigk wishes to particularize a modest aesthetic quality,
making us concentrate upon it in such a way that we perceive
it in its simplicity and its strength.
With clear references on 20th century icons, her work speaks
of transcontinental fashion and glamour through flat colour
and abstracted lines and shapes that provide both subtle
and stark impressions of figuration.
Claudia
Feigk has always been extremely conscious of the function
of her work within the ‘economy’ of a collection
which links the artist to his purchasers in a manner far
more significant than the considerations of a purely monetary
exchange. She is aware of the demands of art as well as
the demands of aesthetic pleasure.
‘Art
must be like a good armchair in which one can rest, …
a painting must have a decorative and expressive value that
has an effect on the onlooker’ (Matisse)
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