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Luca Frei

LUCA FREI

Guiding Fabric Barbara Wien 24 February–13 April 2024 Berlin
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Luca Frei will present textile works depicting landscapes, living systems, and hybrid architectures in his fourth exhibition at Galerie Barbara Wien. These motifs are born from carefully redrawn sketches, allowing Frei to attain the compositional tension he seeks. Notably, he alters the conventional relationship between medium and tool. Rather than guiding a pencil across paper to draw, Frei guides the fabric through a sewing machine to create his stitched lines, providing a distinctive approach to his artistic process. The exhibition also includes a new sculpture by Luca Frei: a steel mobile composed of polygonal rings that serve as lenses, encouraging visitors to explore and observe the installation from a playful angle.

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Luca Frei, „Guiding Fabric“, exhibition view, Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin 2024. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin. Photo: Nick Ash.
Luca Frei, „Guiding Fabric“, exhibition view, Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin 2024. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin. Photo: Nick Ash.
Luca Frei, „Guiding Fabric“, exhibition view, Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin 2024. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin. Photo: Nick Ash.
Luca Frei, „Guiding Fabric“, exhibition view, Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin 2024. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin. Photo: Nick Ash.
Luca Frei, „Guiding Fabric“, exhibition view, Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin 2024. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin. Photo: Nick Ash.
About the Artist

Luca Lee Frei has been known for conceiving sculptures, installations, exhibition displays and spatial designs that invite public participation and dialogue, often in response to a specific context. His work undermines the boundaries between fine and applied arts and design, bringing together different art forms such as handicraft, sculpture, installation, performance, as well as exhibition display and graphic design.

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About the Gallery

Based in Berlin’s central Tiergarten district, Barbara Wien is an established contemporary art gallery with a focus on conceptual art. Since Barbara Wien opened her namesake gallery in 1988, it has also operated a bookshop, selling artist books that date as far back as the 1960s.

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Berlin Schöneberger Ufer 65, 3rd floor
Barbara Wien contemporary art gallery in Berlin Germany
Barbara Wien
Schöneberger Ufer 65, 3rd floor, Berlin, Germany
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http://www.barbarawien.de

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