Caroline Geerling
Seeing Through - Retold
Seeing Through – Retold is a virtual re-reading of an earlier solo exhibition by Caroline Geerling. What once took shape within the physical walls of the gallery now unfolds in a new spatial context — more compact, quieter, and intentionally slowed down.
The exhibition centres on the relationship between surface and depth, body and landscape, visibility and concealment. Layered works invite the viewer to move beyond first impressions and engage with texture, materiality and rhythm.
From a distance, the works may evoke landscapes; up close, they reveal skin-like surfaces, traces of erosion and moments of vulnerability. Rather than presenting a linear narrative, Seeing Through – Retold unfolds as a spatial journey. The virtual environment allows for multiple viewpoints and moments of pause, encouraging a slower form of looking. Works are given room to breathe; details gain presence; silence becomes an active part of the experience. This virtual edition is not a replacement of the physical exhibition, but a transformation. By shifting the work into a digital space, new relationships emerge between scale, movement and perception. The exhibition invites the viewer to look again — not to understand, but to be present.
Seeing Through – Retold is an invitation to experience art as a layered and unfolding presence, where meaning reveals itself gradually, over time.
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ABOUT OUR EXHIBITION
About Caroline Geerling
The series Seeing Through centres on material, surface and time. Caroline Geerling explores how materials behave, how layers build up, erode and open themselves over time. Her works move between abstraction and landscape, often evoking skin-like surfaces where traces of touch, pressure and repetition remain visible.
The making process is integral to the work. Layers are added, scraped back and reworked, allowing cracks, fibres and textures to emerge organically. Nothing is fixed; each surface records a slow negotiation between control and surrender. The works function as intimate landscapes — raw and tactile, yet restrained and quiet.
Within the virtual exhibition, Seeing Through invites a slowed and attentive way of looking. As the viewer moves through space, details reveal themselves gradually, and material presence gains new resonance. The series reflects an ongoing artistic inquiry — an exploration of looking beyond the surface and allowing meaning to unfold through time, attention and proximity.
