Détache-moi!/Zimmerflucht

Artifact in Détache-moi!/Zimmerflucht, an exhibition/artistic intervention on the topic of fascism and fate/luck, in an existing Viennese space. Textile fragment with design likely by Gertrud Reinberger-Brausewetter (b. Feb. 10, 1903), ca. 1938. Beginning in 1912/13 until 1920/21 Reinberger-Brausewetter took courses and classes at the Universität für angewandte Kunst (formerly the Hochschule für angewandte Kunst) in Vienna unter Franz Cizek. Please note: this object is not for sale. It was found in among other used items purchased in bulk from a defunct household/estate. Stashed away in a laundry basket, its existence was unknown at the time of purchase. The original purchaser, upon discovering it, planned to incinerate it, but eventually donated it for use in this exhibition instead. Its purpose here is purely educational regarding that tragic and misguided period here in Austria. It should in no way be taken as an endorsement of NS philosophy or policies, which I reject wholeheartedly, emphatically, categorically, and unequivocally.