Park McArthur

Lars Friedrich, Berlin

Lars Friedrich

Installation view of a gallery space with a black and white tiled floor and white walls brightly lit by fluorescent tube lights. Across the room directly in front of us is a large window and a door onto the sidewalk outside. The window is enclosed by a metal accordion gate. Two sections of a wooden banister set at a right angle demarcate an area of the floor just in front of the window where there are stairs leading down to a lower level. There are three loading dock rubber bumpers mounted on the walls—one on the wall to our left and two on the wall to our right. These sculptures all seem to be mounted at a uniform height about a third of the way up the wall. In front of the wooden banister is a metal rack shaped like an upside down L with a blue and white patterned garment or textile hanging on it.

Installation view facing the front left corner of the gallery. Across the room from us is a large window and door onto the sidewalk outside. A wooden banister in front of the window demarcates an area on the floor with stairs. From this angle we can see one of the rubber loading dock bumper sculptures mounted about a third of the way up the wall on our left. Further out from the wall is a freestanding metal sculpture shaped like an upside down L with a blue and white patterned garment or textile hanging on it.

Installation view facing away from the window and door onto the street. Mounted about a third of the way up the wall on our left are two of the rubber loading dock bumper sculptures. Through a doorway on our right are two more upside down L-shaped metal sculptures with patterned textiles hanging from them. One appears to be a pair of plaid flannel pajama bottoms.

View from beside the wooden banister in the front room with a closer view of the metal sculpture with blue and white textile, and one of the wall-mounted bumper sculptures behind it. The textile seems to be hanging from the metal rack by an elastic waistband that has been partially ripped away from the rest of the garment. The fabric pattern consists of different star and snowflake shapes in white on a sky-blue background.

View from the back of the second room facing the doorway to the room closest the entrance. There are two more rubber loading dock bumper sculptures mounted at the same height on facing walls–one on our left, the other on our right. Four metal L-shaped sculptures are clustered in the corner to our right, each one draped with a different patterned garment. At least three of the garments appear to be pants.

Closer view of the cluster of four metal L-shaped sculptures draped with what appear to be pajama pants. Some of the patterns include plaid, polka dots, and one with illustrations of a variety of breakfast items like stacks of pancakes, toasters, and eggs. One of the loading dock bumper sculptures is mounted on the wall on our right.

Closer view of the cluster of four metal L-shaped sculptures with pajama pants. One sculpture has two pairs of pants hanging from it from their elastic waistbands and one pair draped over it. One of the hanging pairs has thick maroon and pink stripes with thin rainbow stripes inside each pink one, and embroidered letters spelling out the word "love" in capital letters in which the "o" is replaced by a heart.

View facing the corner containing the four metal L-shaped sculptures with pajama pants and wall-mounted rubber bumper sculpture on our right.

Installation view from a left angle of two rubber loading dock bumper sculptures mounted about a third of the way up the wall. Each consists of many sheets of black rubber that are sandwiched together by two black metal brackets mounted to the wall with four industrial bolts, two vertically aligned on either side.

Straight on installation view of two rubber loading dock bumper sculptures mounted about a third of the way up the wall. Each consists of many sheets of black rubber that are sandwiched together by two black metal brackets mounted to the wall with four industrial bolts, two vertically aligned on either side.

Closer straight-on installation view of two rubber loading dock bumper sculptures mounted about a third of the way up the wall. Each consists of many sheets of black rubber that are sandwiched together by two black metal brackets mounted to the wall with four industrial bolts, two vertically aligned on either side.

Rubber loading dock bumper sculpture consisting of many sheets of black rubber that are sandwiched together by two black metal brackets mounted to the wall with four industrial bolts, two vertically aligned on either side. There are also two industrial bolts going through the brackets and rubber sheets, securing them together.

Closer view of the metal sculpture in the front room with blue and white star patterned pajama pants, and one of the wall-mounted bumper sculptures behind it. The pants are hanging from the metal rack by an elastic waistband that has been partially ripped away from the rest of the garment.

Closer view of the cluster of garment rack sculptures in the second gallery with a bumper sculpture mounted on the wall behind them. Some of the pants are hung neatly while others are more crumpled.

Closer view of the cluster of garment rack sculptures in the second gallery with a bumper sculpture mounted on the wall behind them. Some of the pants are hung neatly while others are more crumpled. One pair of pants has a waistband that reads Calvin Klein. Another pink and purple flannel pair has a contrasting band of fabric around the ankles that matches the blue and white fabric of the pants near the entrance to the gallery.

Detail view of the cluster of garment rack sculptures in the second gallery. Some patterns, like the one with the breakfast illustrations and the one with pink and rainbow stripes, seem more youthful, while others, like the black and white plaid, seem more adult.

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Park McArthurPassive Vibration Isolation
Lars Friedrich, Berlin