Kira Freije: Between Sunlight

Freije’s figures are united by a deep sense of kinship, while as individual beings they remain absorbed in their own thoughts or imaginings.

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  Kira Freije, Between sunlight (Detail), 2023 – Photo: Jens Ziehe

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  Kira Freije, forward forward dividing shadows (detail), 2022

In Between Sunlight, a community of sculptural figures have been brought together by British artist Kira Freije (* 1985 in London, lives in London, shortlisted for this year’s Turner Prize). Freije’s figures are united by a deep sense of kinship, while as individual beings they remain absorbed in their own thoughts or imaginings. The installation suggests fragments of a story – there are interactions between the figures that are celebratory, loving, grieving, guiding, resting. Often, fabrics and found materials complete her materially layered scenes. However, Freije leaves the scene deliberately open to allow each of us to react with our own understanding and ideas.

To create her life-sized figures, Freije first casts her hands and feet in aluminium. She then builds her work from the feet up, welding together metal strips to create her forms – similar to drawing a pencil outline. Freije adds faces, or fragments of faces, cast from important people in her life. When building her communities, one figure, usually formed early in the making process, acts as an anchor in the group. Other figures form around it, creating a feeling that the characters rely upon one another, and capturing the very human need to seek companionship. 

Curator: Laura Smith

Runtime: Sun, 13/09/2026 to Sun, 21/02/2027

Price info: If you don’t apply for reduced admission, you now have the choice between two prices: You can pay 7 euros (KINDL for YOU) or support the KINDL with 10 euros (YOU for KINDL).

Price: €10.00

Reduced price: €4.00

Takes place here:

• Kindl - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst