Through the Looking Glass

Looking through Ulrike Heydenreich’s kaleidoscopic mirror objects, one is reminded of the opening scene of the 1871 novel “Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There” by Lewis Carroll, in which Alice enters the supposed reflection of real space through a mirror. Only on second glance does an almost surreal alternate world reveal itself. The viewer of Heydenreich’s work also emerges through glass into a world between reality and illusion. The reflection leads to a fascinating,...  [more]