The works at the Triple Section exhibition connect urban situations in Brborović's two cities of residence. Though the works form parts of different series, the works on show here tell a tale of industrial areas and housing developments built during the socialist era. The two towns (Leipzig and Kranj) share a similar past and are currently facing the same problems arising from today's neoliberal politics: like new, high-end residential buildings standing unoccupied owing to high prices and instead being left to fall into neglect and disrepair.
The paintings Parsing of the Object (2013) and Structural Saturation (2014) make reference to industrial plants and housing developments built for working-class residents. The painting Olbrichtstrasse, made in Leipzig, takes inspiration primarily from old industrial areas that fell into decline during the shift in political regimes characterized by privatization and changing demographics. The collapse of a large part of industry in Leipzig in the 1990s proved disastrous for the city and its residents, with the consequences still evident to this day. Olbrichtstrasse deals with two components: construction and ruins. In all three paintings the initial grid composition is complemented with found material, in turn constituting a basis for further creative investigations.
