In Horsing Around III, Iris Schomaker’s work unfolds within a broader reflection on freedom, control, and instinct in contemporary life. The exhibition takes the figure of the horse as both metaphor and catalyst—an image historically associated with strength, movement, and mastery, yet equally bound to dependency, projection, and escape.
Schomaker’s contribution resonates with these tensions, navigating the fragile balance between agency and submission, direction and drift. Her work engages with the question of whether we remain riders of our own trajectories or have become driven by forces we no longer fully command. Within the collective dynamic of the exhibition, her position sharpens the inquiry into how individuality persists—or dissolves—amid shared systems of motion, desire, and restraint.
Curated by Philip Grözinger and Paul Pretzer, Horsing Around III concludes its exhibition series in Leipzig following earlier presentations in Oldenburg and Hamburg.
