Cube 37, Glass Cube Gallery, Frankston Arts Centre

For Haus Werk, artist Jacqueline Stojanović created a large-scale architectural weaving titled Concrete fabric, 2019, for the Glass Cube, Franskton Arts Centre. This work consists of sheets of metal mesh covered in woven wool, which the artist notes 'approaches the Bauhaus’ architectural principles from a weaver’s sensibilities, utilising industrial materials and maintaining an exposure of their raw qualities.'

Born and based in Melbourne, Jacqueline Stojanović completed a Bachelor of Fine Art at Monash University, Caulfield, in 2014 and a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne in 2015. The artist works across the fields of weaving, photography, drawing and installation. Stojanović learnt how to make carpets during travels from Central Asia to Serbia during a time of research about the trade and weaving history of the area. This informed a series of tapestries made at the Icelandic Textile Centre in Blönduós, Iceland, during a residency in November 2017. Strongly geometric by nature, and determined by the loom’s apparatus in working within a gridded structure, Stojanović’s tapestries align with the key principles of form, composition and colour, referencing Bauhaus weaving masters Anni Albers, Otti Berger and Gunta Stölzl. Stojanović has directed her learning in the craft through travels in the Caucasus, Middle East and Balkans. The Bauhaus and Socialist architecture of these areas, with an emphasis on function, aesthetics, and raw materiality, further informs her work.

This project was supported by Creative Victoria, The Balnaves Foundation, Frankston City Council, the Besen Family Foundation, Mercedes Benz Mornington, the Honorary Consulate-General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Victoria, The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Art Series Hotels, and Henkell Brothers, Haymes Paint and Micador For Artists, in partnership with the ‘100 years of Bauhaus’ anniversary program.