Meike Legler

'Reality Revolution', Cotton fabrics, bleach, canvas, abstract, textile art

2021

Meike Legler 'Mater,' 2021 Cotton fabrics, velvet, laquer, pigments, glue, wool blend, bleach and buried bed sheet over stretched canvas 48 x 36 inches Meike Legler’s works are a bo...

Meike Legler 'Agape,' 2022 Cotton, polyester, linen, acrylic paint and bleach over stretched canvas 48 x 36 inches - Meike Legler’s works are a bold post-feminist reframing of sewn...

Meike Legler 'Jewels Of Life,' 2021 Cotton fabrics, linen, wool and bleach over stretched canvas 48 x 36 inches Meike Legler’s works are a bold post-feminist reframing of sewn objects, recontextualized far beyond “women’s work.” In 1918 Le Corbusier said, “There is a hierarchy in the arts: decorative art at the bottom and human form at the top. Because we are men”¹ Legler craftily subverts this notion by stitching together ideas and methodologies and powerfully placing herself within the spectrum of contemporary abstract painting. Originally trained as a clothing designer at Berlin’s Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft and Central St. Martins in London, Meike Legler uses fabrics and nimble sewing machine skills to create abstract paintings, stretched like canvas over wooden stretcher bars. When she moved to Los Angeles in 2016 her paintings became more complex, with wilder ideas and influences, and she started integrating materials like automotive tarps and faux fur into her elaborate constructions. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ - BIOGRAPHY - Meike Legler has exhibited at galleries and institutions in the Los Angeles area and internationally, including Art Movement LA, Los Angeles; Stella Ripley Contemporary, Québec, Canada; E.P. & L.P., West Hollywood; Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA; Nous Tous, Los Angeles; and Art House LA, Pacific Palisades. Her solo exhibitions include shows at The Voyager, Los Angeles; LADIES ROOM, Los Angeles; Soho House...

Meike Legler 'Snack Platter,' 2021 Linen, bleach, wool, polyester, buried bed sheet, vintage army tent, cotton fabric, velvet over stretched canvas 48 x 36 inches Meike Legler’s works are a bold post-feminist reframing of sewn objects, recontextualized far beyond “women’s work.” In 1918 Le Corbusier said, “There is a hierarchy in the arts: decorative art at the bottom and human form at the top. Because we are men”¹ Legler craftily subverts this notion by stitching together ideas and methodologies and powerfully placing herself within the spectrum of contemporary abstract painting. Originally trained as a clothing designer at Berlin’s Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft and Central St. Martins in London, Meike Legler uses fabrics and nimble sewing machine skills to create abstract paintings, stretched like canvas over wooden stretcher bars. When she moved to Los Angeles in 2016 her paintings became more complex, with wilder ideas and influences, and she started integrating materials like automotive tarps and faux fur into her elaborate constructions. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ - BIOGRAPHY - Meike Legler has exhibited at galleries and institutions in the Los Angeles area and internationally, including Art Movement LA, Los Angeles; Stella Ripley Contemporary, Québec, Canada; E.P. & L.P., West Hollywood; Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA; Nous Tous, Los Angeles; and Art House LA, Pacific Palisades. Her solo exhibitions include shows at The Voyager, Los Angeles; LADIES ROOM, Los Angeles; Soho House...

Meike Legler Cliffhanger, 2019 Latex paint on vintage linen, vinyl, vintage military tent, and cotton over stretched canvas 40 x 40 inches Meike Legler’s works are a bold post-femin...

Renata Daina 'Reaching limbs below,' 2022 Handcoiled cotton fibers 20 x 15 x 4 inches ━━━━ (This piece is part of the exhibition titled 'WORK' on LADIES'...

Temperature data for one of the 18 major river basins in the continental US, hemp, organic cotton dyed with plant and insect-derived dyes and mineral mordants, petrochemical-derived ...

Temperature data for one of the 18 major river basins in the continental US, hemp, organic cotton dyed with plant- and insect-derived dyes and mineral mordants, petrochemical-derived...

Vibrant Conversation, horsehair, cotton, linen, 49” x 70” x 6", 2018. This vibrant contemporary abstract textile wall sculpture was done by textile artist, Marianne Kemp (b. 1976, W...

Tracey Emin Everybody Needs a Place to Think, 2002 Limited Edition Screenprint on Linen Handkerchief with VIP Invite in Original Box 21 × 20 1/4 inches Limited Edition of 1500 Plate ...

‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers becomes the subject—they bring to mind all of the flowers I have ever seen and all the ones I have seen in great works of art. They are a reflection, a kind of magic mirror, defying traditional paintings of flowers...

‘Starting with a drawing of "real" flowers, I create layers of thinly veiled surfaces. They become abstracted through the process of multiple printings. The essence of flowers become...