Lore Bert Roland Phleps Foundation for Concrete Art · Freiburg

Since last weekend, magnificent and large-scale works by Mainz-based paper artist Lore Bert have been on display in the large sculpture hall of the Roland Phleps Foundation for Concrete Art in Freiburg. The exhibition entitled Lore Bert – Stations has the character of a retrospective. Works from the most important groups of works are presented.

Large-format pictorial objects measuring up to 180 x 180 cm from four decades adorn the walls of the spacious exhibition venue. The artist has also created one of her world-famous installations on the floor of the central room. Nine spheres in different colors are enthroned in a sea of thousands upon thousands of fine, wafer-thin pieces of paper that have been individually ‘crumpled’ by hand. Each of them is crowned by a letter. Read together, they form the word Stations.

The walkway on the 1st floor – which winds around the central room and offers a wonderful view of the installation – is adorned with delicate Papyrus Collages by the artist from a 2017 cycle (alongside various editions by Lore Bert). The hard-working cosmopolitan applies fine papyrus – which she brought back home from her trip to Egypt in 1996 – to light yet strong folded Japanese paper and combines the collage with delicate pencil ornaments.

The motifs in this cycle are also to be understood as a homage to the exhibition venue – the city of Freiburg. Filigree mosaics adorn the pavement of the old town and are similar in their motifs to the forms with which Lore Bert adorns her artworks in general and the collages of 2017 in particular.

The vernissage in the presence of Lore Bert and Dr. Dorothea van der Koelen on 26 May 2024 was a great success. Art lovers from near and far flocked to the Dreisam metropolis and listened to the welcome by Dr. Claudia Gillessen, the insightful opening speech by former State Secretary for Culture Walter Schumacher and the virtuoso musical performance by Sinja Rosenberger on the harp and Johanna Neese on the flute.

The exhibition can be seen until July 7, 2024 in the sculpture hall of the Roland Phleps Foundation for Concrete Art in Freiburg-Zähringen. We warmly recommend a visit to all art lovers who were unable to attend the vernissage in person. The cultural summer has begun.