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Luise Unger in her studio, Cologne 2015. Photo: Alistair Overbruck
Luise Unger in her studio, Cologne 2015. Photo: Alistair Overbruck

In the execution of her sculptural works, the German artist Luise Unger immerses herself in a creative process that allows both architectonic and anthropomorphic forms to emerge, as well as intangible silhouettes that give the illusion of black shadows. Whether suspended or placed on plinths, the sculptural objects she creates allow the viewer to discover the hollow interior spaces. Several transparent layers of metal wire outline out the transition from interior to exterior, while the forms themselves give an impression of a protective skin that reveals further shapes. The metallic mesh gives her sculptures a transparency, piercing through the exterior plane and making the interior of the pieces visible.

But that which one discovers is yet another surface – that which is hidden is made visible, that which is perceived becomes illusion. In this way, Luise Unger plays with the intersections between different states and weaves seemingly weightless forms into one another. Luise Unger was born in 1956 in Bad Saulgau, Swabia and studied sculpture at the Düsseldorf Academy from 1981 to 1989. Her works are regularly exhibited in galleries and museums: the artist participated in the annual exhibition Große Kunstausstellung NRW in the Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf from 1999-2004. Luise Unger lives and works in Cologne.

Exhibitions

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions
2023
UNRUHE

Galerie Karsten Greve AG, St. Moritz, Switzerland

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2017
Luise Unger Skulpturen und Zeichnungen

Lippische Gesellschaft für Kunst eV, Detmold, Schloss, Germany

2016
Permeabilis

Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

2015-16
Luise Unger

Galerie Karsten Greve, Köln, Germany

2009
Luise Unger. Inner and Outer Space

Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

2006

Bundesverband Bildender Künstler, Cologne, Germany

2002
Luise Unger. Drawings and Sculptures

OMC Galerie für Gegenwartkunst, Dusseldorf, Germany

1998
Luise Unger

Schnittraum, Cologne, Germany

1997

Ursula Werner & Jan-Thorn Prikker, Bonn, Germany

1995

Kunstprojekt Köln-Kalk, Cologne, Germany

1994

Jordan Galerie, Wilnsdorf, Germany

Group exhibitions
2023
Femmes · Frauen · Women

Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

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2022-23
Special Show - leading and emerging women artists

Galerie Karsten Greve AG, St. Moritz, Switzerland

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2019-20
Wechselspiel. Künstlerische Reaktionen Schmuckschaffender auf Werke der Bildenden Kunst

Pforzheim Galerie, Pforzheim, Germany

2015
Beyond Horizon. Reflexion on the horizontal line

Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

2012
Sculptures

Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

2008
Connecting thread

Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

2008
Wir für euch

Kudlek van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne, Germany

2007
ART. Made in Germany

OMC Gallery For Contemporary Art, Huntington Beach, USA

2006
1+2=3

Bundesverband Bildender Künstler Köln, Cologne, Germany

2004
Zineb Sedira: Telling stories with differences

Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK

2002-20

Museen der Stadt Lüdenscheid, Ludenscheid, Germany

1995

Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, Ludenscheid, Germany

1995
Klasse Heerich

Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany

1994-04
„Große Kunstausstellung NRW

Annual participation, Museum Kunstpalast Dusseldorf, Germany

1993

Museen der Stadt Lüdenscheid, Ludenscheid, Germany

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