Freja Niemann Lundrup “Making the Unseen Seen”. Photo: Peter Cox.

Press Release, December 2019

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

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.”

Freja Niemann Lundrup “Making the Unseen Seen”. Photo: Peter Cox.

Freja Niemann Lundrup “Making the Unseen Seen”. Photo: Peter Cox.

Freja Niemann Lundrup “Making the Unseen Seen”. Photo: Peter Cox.

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.

About 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.

Opening: Sunday the ​15th of December, 3-6 pm.
Exhibition period: 16th of December 2019 - 25th of Janurary 2020.
Opening Hours: ​Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 1-5 pm or by an appointment.

Freja Niemann Lundrup “Making the Unseen Seen”. Photo: Peter Cox.

Freja Niemann Lundrup “Making the Unseen Seen”. Photo: Peter Cox.

Freja Niemann Lundrup “Making the Unseen Seen”. Photo: Peter Cox.

Freja Niemann Lundrup “Making the Unseen Seen”. Photo: Peter Cox.

Freja Niemann Lundrup “Making the Unseen Seen”.
Photo: Peter Cox.

Freja Niemann Lundrup “Making the Unseen Seen”. Photo: Peter Cox.

Freja Niemann Lundrup “Making the Unseen Seen”. Photo: Peter Cox.