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.
