Artist: Louisa Boeszoermeny
Venue: Weiss Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Date: September 13 – November 9, 2019
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Weiss Berlin
Louisa Boeszoermeny’s photographic work comprises elements of documentary and portrait photography as well as still life. In her work, Boeszoermeny examines the diametrically opposed relationship between freedom and security on a socio-political as well as a very personal level.
The series The State I Am In reflects the dialectic between the private and the public, the personal and the political, security and freedom. A young woman posing in a camouflage T-shirt in nature contrasts a personal need for security with a youthful desire for freedom. In addition, pictures of combat training at a school for bodyguards show the relationship between security and violence. The series The State I Am In references the relationship between society and the individual which is determined by the conflicting needs not to feel threatened and at the same time not to be restricted.
Louisa Boeszoermeny is an alumna of the Lette-Verein Berlin and is currently studying fine arts at the Berlin University of the Arts (class of Josephine Pryde). A text by Julia Jost will appear in the exhibition catalogue.
Louisa Boeszoermeny, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Berlin
Louisa Boeszoermeny, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Berlin
Louisa Boeszoermeny, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Berlin
Louisa Boeszoermeny, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Berlin
Louisa Boeszoermeny, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Berlin
Louisa Boeszoermeny, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Berlin
Louisa Boeszoermeny, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Berlin
Louisa Boeszoermeny, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Berlin
Louisa Boeszoermeny, Armed, 2017, Inkjet Print, 71 x 47 in, 180 x 120 cm
Louisa Boeszoermeny, Armour, 2016, Inkjet Print, 71 x 47 in, 180 x 120 cm
Louisa Boeszoermeny, Camouflage, 2017, Inkjet Print, 71 x 47 in, 180 x 120 cm
Louisa Boeszoermeny, Defilade, 2016, Inkjet Print, 71 x 47 in, 180 x 120 cm
Louisa Boeszoermeny, Feathers, 2016, Inkjet Print, 59 x 89 in, 150 x 225 cm
Louisa Boeszoermeny, Hit or Miss, 2016, Inkjet Print, 71 x 47 in, 180 x 120 cm
Louisa Boeszoermeny, Knife, 2016, Inkjet Print, 71 x 47 in, 180 x 120 cm
Louisa Boeszoermeny, Night Vision Device, 2017, Inkjet Print, 71 x 47 in, 180 x 120 cm
Louisa Boeszoermeny, On Duty, 2016, Inkjet Print, 71 x 47 in, 180 x 120 cm
Louisa Boeszoermeny, Target, 2017, Inkjet Print, 71 x 47 in, 180 x 120 cm