Künstler*innen
Laura Grubenmann *1991, Bern
Wann fühlen wir uns sicher, geborgen, gehalten? Wie entstehen schützende Räume? In der Werkgruppe «now/sometime/then» entwickelt Laura Grubenmann (sie/ihr) fragile Environments aus Gefässen, Objekten und Bildern, die utopische Bildwelten eröffnen. Sie laden ein zum individuellen Träumen und kollektiven Erinnern. Terrakotta-Schalen, gefüllt mit Wasser, beherbergen kleine Gegenstände: Steine, oder gegossene Zinnobjekte, die zwischen Natürlichkeit und Künstlichkeit oszillieren. Daneben Malereien, weitere Objekte den Wänden entlang. Es sind Nischen, in denen sich Melancholie und Hoffnung überlagern. Lauras Arbeitsweise ist tastend, offen und prozessorientiert. Inhalte für Zeichnungen, Malerei und Skulptur entstehen aus Briefkorrespondenzen und gesammelten Materialien, die sie kombiniert und rekontextualisiert. Sie lädt dazu ein, aufmerksam dem zuzuhören, was bereits da ist – sodass imaginiert werden kann, was noch im Werden liegt.
When do we feel safe, secure, protected? How do we create a safe space? In her series of works titled «now/sometime/then», Laura Grubenmann (she/her) develops fragile environments from vessels, objects and paintings that open utopian visual worlds. They invite us to dream individually and remember collectively. Terracotta bowls filled with water contain small objects: stones or cast tin objects that oscillate between naturalness and artificiality. Next to them are paintings and further objects along the walls. These are niches in which melancholy and hope overlap. Laura's working method is tentative, open and process oriented. Drawings, paintings and sculptures emerge from correspondence and collected materials, which she combines and recontextualises. She invites us to listen attentively to what is already there—so that we can imagine what is yet to come.
Bildcredits: Lea Kunz
When do we feel safe, secure, protected? How do we create a safe space? In her series of works titled «now/sometime/then», Laura Grubenmann (she/her) develops fragile environments from vessels, objects and paintings that open utopian visual worlds. They invite us to dream individually and remember collectively. Terracotta bowls filled with water contain small objects: stones or cast tin objects that oscillate between naturalness and artificiality. Next to them are paintings and further objects along the walls. These are niches in which melancholy and hope overlap. Laura's working method is tentative, open and process oriented. Drawings, paintings and sculptures emerge from correspondence and collected materials, which she combines and recontextualises. She invites us to listen attentively to what is already there—so that we can imagine what is yet to come.
Bildcredits: Lea Kunz
