Making the Unseen Seen is an exhibition by Danish sculptor Freja Niemann Lundrup. The exhibition shows sculptures and installations and it is the outcome of extensive research developed along the lines of a self-defined compass. As Artist in Residence at SEA Foundation Tilburg, Freja zoomed in on Tilburg’s city life, it’s nature and people. The residency lasted 3 months and was themed on the ‘Unheimlich’ and trauma in the body.

Sculptures
Niemann Lundrup’s sculptures demonstrate the intricate relation between body and
mind. Or, more specifically, between the physical feeling and rational thoughts
regarding a traumatic experience. The artist aims to shape ‘the body inside the
body’. She sculpts new works using materials like stone and polyester. Freja
Niemann Lundrup researches the sensitive, receptive and affective dimension of our
body. Her sculptures and installations appeal to current tendencies in cultural theory
and neurophilosophy. Meaning that she is searching for the connection between
mind and body, and the actual place where memory takes its part.
“We are all equipped with a body; we live in our ‘shell’ and experience our
surroundings through this body. It is our mind that compares ourselves to the bodies
around us, to what we imagine they contain, and to how we imagine they handle
their life. Experiences in life are absorbed in our body and mind. This non-tangible
matter influences our being.”

About Freja Niemann Lundrup
Freja Niemann Lundrup (1990) Denmark, lives and works in Odense Denmark. She
graduated in 2018 from the Danish Jutland Art Academy, in Aarhus and she is one of
Denmark’s talented younger generation artists. She mainly works in stone. Her
sculptures “Metamorfose (Meta-mor og Fose)” and “Atlas, jeg er din mor(d) Nord”
are part of the permanent installation in the sculpture parks in Odense and St.
Heddinge, Denmark. She has had solo shows in Denmark and Germany.

Exhibition: Making the Unseen Seen
Exhibition dates: 16.12.2019 – 25-01-2020
Opening: 15.12.2019, 3 – 6 pm
Artist: Freja Niemann Lundrup
Venue: SEA Foundation, Tivolistraat 22, 5017HP Tilburg
Entrance during the opening hours: Free entrance
Opening Hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday 1 – 5 pm or by an appointment

SEA Foundation
Artist-led SEA Foundation is a non-profit art initiative. Over time, SEA Foundation
has become a synonym for exhibitions, art practice support, exchanges and
publications. From 2013, we also run an International Artist in Residence programme
that offers a unique environment, by providing time and space for research,
experimentation and professional advancement. Every year the program facilitates
up to 8 professional artists, curators and art writers in all stages of their careers.

The exhibition is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation and the Mondriaanfonds.