Kilim

In her work, international artist Heike Weber explores ornamentation and spatial drawing. “The guided coincidence of Minimal Art and the lush illusionism of the Baroque: these are the complementary antipodes between which Heike Weber’s work unfolds (Andreas Richartz).” In 2016 she put on the public exhibition Raumbilder Bellevue. It extended across the city, but the central focal point was the historical garden house at Parc de Chateaubriand, which dates back to 1772. Here, eight large poster boards were used to display sections of spatial, in situ drawings. When the house being dismantled prior to its relocation here, symbolic representations of the four seasons were found beneath the plaster along the interior walls. For her exhibition, the artist installed four silhouettes that made reference to these depictions inside the house. On the circular floor of the vacated architectural monument, the she made a spatially oriented silicone drawing based on the decorative forms from the rococo period. What remains from this overall project is a site-specific ground sculpture on the lawn near the garden house where the Lutheran cemetery used to be. It initiates a dialogue between the viewer and the historical structure. The etched drawing of an ornamental carpet nestles like gravestone in the park grass, reflecting its surroundings, the changing daylight, and the movement of passersby. The flying carpet becomes a personal image for every park visitor, as each person will see the work in a different light.