Handwoven Curtain c. 1936

Alfred Denghausen's handwoven curtain is a small textile artwork featuring thin lines of pink and blue vertically running over an off-white background. Can you imagine him at his loom? I'm thinking about the material aspects of the linen and dye, how the texture and colors might have felt in his hands. There’s a certain intimacy to the making process. Maybe he was thinking of the domestic space it would occupy and the gentle light it might filter. There is a slightly thicker vertical block of pure blue at the edge of the textile. What does this bold accent contribute? Denghausen isn’t afraid to play with color and line, and, through his work, he joins a larger, ongoing conversation among artists throughout time. This piece embodies the uncertainty and ambiguity of the artistic process. The handwoven curtain invites multiple interpretations and emotional resonances, it doesn't have fixed meanings.