Leunora Salihu

Pieces
Cragg Foundation

Serielle Formen und das unverwechselbare Spiel mit der Schwerkraft

Leunora Salihu (b. Pristina, Kosovo, 1977; lives and works in Dusseldorf) employs resources and materials including wood, multiplex panels, ceramics, plaster, steel, and synthetics, relying on the principle of repetition, sequencing, and recombination to construct objects that she often associates with the ideas of “dwelling” and “ensoulment.” Her abstract and conceptual sculpture aggregates the components of an object with a view to contrasts of form, heft, surface, density, or materiality, yielding works that are animated by an inner tension and feel now light, now heavy, always open and yet closed in upon themselves. Probing the limitations and potentials of the material and trying to defy gravity: these are two of the thrilling challenges that Salihu takes on in her complex art.

For her presentation at Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, the artist has compiled a selection of her works that reflects the richly multifac- eted quality of her oeuvre. The book documents the conjunction of architecture, material studies, and abstraction in Salihu’s complex objects. In addition to numerous installation shots of the expansive sculptures, the catalogue features a series of delicate ink drawings. With essays by Sebastian Baden and Maria Müller-Schareck, an introduction by Dr. Thomas A. Lange and a foreword by Tony Cragg.