Looking into a mirror off ers far more than just a laterally
reversed view of reality. At least since Alice embarked on
her famous journey through the looking-glass, it has been
clear: what takes place here is a comprehensive, radically
questioning shift in perspective. Barbara Probst’s new works
engage in this very journey. Created between 2025 and
2026 in the artist’s studio, they integrate autobiographical
references – specifi cally, sculptural and photographic
works from the early 1990s. It was during this period that
Probst, coming from a background in sculpture, fi rst began
to engage with photography. Model-like arrangements of
coloured cubes (recreated in retrospect of that time), early
photographic images and sculptures by her father, who was
himself a sculptor, form the stage for these new ‘Exposures’.
Aesthetically and highly precisely composed, they resemble a
scientifi c experimental setup. They are experiments in seeing.
In every image, the artist herself is part of the staging. The
twelve pairs of images consist mostly of one colour and one
black-and-white photograph each. They eff ortlessly plumb the
boundaries of what can be visually decoded and hold a mirror
up to us.
The works are accompanied by a text by British author
and curator David Campany, who explores the world of these
pieces against the backdrop of Probst’s oeuvre to date.
