We live in a time where everything is visible — and yet, so much remains unseen. In a world saturated with images and performances, we’re constantly asked to appear whole, clear, composed. But what happens to what doesn’t fit the frame? What stays inside, under the surface?
Inside Out brings together three artists — Ivan Lardschneider, Gary Schlingheider, and Johann Alexis — who turn that question into form. Through sculpture, abstraction, and material reduction, they explore the inner landscapes of identity, structure, and vulnerability. This is not an exhibition of portraits — it is a portrait of what we carry.
Ivan Lardschneider sculpts anonymous bodies that feel strangely familiar — figures stretched by the invisible pressures of expectation. Their weight is symbolic, but real: heads too heavy, postures on the edge of collapse or defiance. They ask: How much do we absorb before we break? These are not caricatures — they are mirrors. Gary Schlingheider responds through precision. His language is color, shape, and control — a kind of formal clarity that is never cold. Beneath the crispness lies something fragile: rhythm as regulation, repetition as restraint. The work walks the line between intention and instinct, reminding us that clarity can be its own kind of effort.
Johann Alexis leads us into silence. His paintings and sculptures, stripped of excess, suggest presence rather than display it. Using materials like mamba black, oak, and raw canvas, he constructs voids — not as absence, but as space to breathe. The question becomes: Can silence carry meaning more powerfully than explanation? Together, these artists reveal a shared condition — one we may not always name, but recognize.
They speak to the invisible scaffolding of identity, the emotional labor of appearing, and the desire to reclaim what is felt over what is shown. Inside Out doesn’t offer answers.
It creates space — for reflection, recognition, and resonance. Not everything needs to be said. Some things only need to be held.
