„we would provide complete darkness“, Lisa Seebach, Kunstverein Friedberg

Something has happened. The party is over, the car has been scrapped, the divorce papers have been signed. It is hard to say how long it has been this way. It is quite possible that in the meantime, new parties have been celebrated, new cars driven, new people loved. […] At Kunstverein Friedberg, Lisa Seebach stages the snapshots of a fragmented history. Her sculptures hold clues to its pivotal moments: Pennants hanging limp, wilted flowers, and a few pellets of sad thoughts.
Shrunken stages of great promise are stacked upon each other in a spider’s web of steel. A random vacation snapshot on Instagram served as the inspiration for three heart-shaped ceramic platforms. The steel original seemed perfectly suited for the meticulously planned wedding proposal; in Seebach’s case, a palm-like leafy plant has taken hold of the imagination.
So there it hangs, the performative romance, caught in the baited trap, held by a paper chain of infantile expectations. Endless chains of glossy paper strips: a comforting ritual to gloss over one’s impatience before upcoming festivities.

Curated by @arthurloewen, Text @anna.meinecke, Photographed @jensgerberfotografie