Petra Laaper

soft sculptures - installation - photography - body - performance

Petra Laaper's artistic practice combines the creation of textile sculptures and installations with a simplified version of performance art, captured in photography and stop-motion film.
With her sculptures she zooms in on a sensory experience. Her images sometimes manifest themselves as bodies in space; then again she tries out an object, it becomes an attribute for an action, recorded in photography. She shows simple shapes that are recognizable, but have no clear function and raise a question about their intention. Her work is an ongoing visual investigation into the body in space and what posture to adopt.


Stretched Out - 2022, tijdens de zomerexpo 'Wild Summer of Art' @Brutus fotografie: Jacqueline Fuijkschot
Stretched Out – w.i.p. – 2021-2022 - ZiN ZiN, een duotentoonstelling van Mat van der Heijden en Petra Laaper in Odapark, centrum voor hedendaagse kunst, Venray, 2022.
Grey Brun (Dubbel Doubles) - faux leather - 54 x 160 x 46 cm
Pécsbagota goud - During my stay at a small rural village in Hungary, a golden skin was waving in the wind.
Oker 001 & Golden 002 - Soft sculptures @solo @contour.gallery Rotterdam. Oker 001 | faux leather | 21 x 21 x 150 cm Golden 002 | lycra | 35 x 110 cm Oker 001| faux leather | 21 x 21 x 150 cm Golden 002 | lycra | 35 x 110 cm
Dubbel Doubles golden 000 - lamé, vulling ongeveer 70 x 100 X 80 cm
Dubbel Doubles - Installatie van soft sculptures tijdens Route du Nord 2017
Double – stop motion – - Voor Artists in Quarantine maakte ik een stop-motion met Double. Stay save, stay connected!
Gris Gris
Flipbook Rood Blauw Rood (2013) - Flipbook ingenaaid in eigen omslag, 10 x 14 cm, 121 pagina’s. In een oplage van acht.