Exhibitions

Leunora Salihu works with various materials including wood, plywood, plaster, and clay, and often combines and relates two different materials to the effect of creating either tension or harmony within a work. In the new ceramic sculptures produced for the exhibition, which will be on view at Galerie Thomas Schulte from July 2 and throughout the summer, the tension inherent in the works however first and foremost resides in the relationship between the whole and the individual parts of its makeup. In the fashion of modular construction, Salihu uses the rhythmic repetition of an array of round and square elements to create an irresolvable link between the form and its compound segments thus opening a vast and complex field of associations ranging from architecture, furniture, or design to the anatomy of insects, and their hives, and nests – associations placing the work on the verge of the uncanny. Lured in by an immediate intimacy and familiarity, the fascinating game of interpretation will begin only at second glance and through closer inspection.

The exhibition coincides with the first comprehensive monograph on the artist’s work published by Kerber Verlag.