Christina Leitner, AT
Collection Flügel: A source of inspiration at the Textile Centre Haslach
The German textile educator Marianne Flügel travelled all her life and collected various textile everyday objects in various primary techniques. She analysed them, partly reworked them and searched for the uniting language of textiles worldwide. Her work documents a "textile view" and pays tribute to the many, mostly unnoticed little things that are often cleverly made. The wonderful collection of ethnographic samples and didactic preparations has been donated to the Textile Centre Haslach and is now used for exhibitions, workshops and research.
photo by Christina Leitner
photo by Christina Leitner
photo by Sigi Tomaschko
Christina Leitner, AT
Christina Leitner studied textile education, philosophy & psychology in Salzburg, textile art & design in Linz and museology in Graz. In her artistic work she specialised on paper textiles. She was involved in building up the Textile Centre Haslach, which she has headed as scientific director since 2012. She also teaches at Kunstuniversität Linz and is board member of ETN.