Eva Fàbregas takes over the historical hall of the Hamburger Bahnhof with a monumental, site-specific installation. Her biggest solo exhibition to date expands the boundaries of sculpture, inviting visitors to a sensual, spatial experience. Biomorphous sculptures transform the museum's architecture, which is characterized by industrial iron girders, into an organically grown space.
With this new commission, Fàbregas responds to the passage-like architecture of Hamburger Bahnhof’s main historical hall. The soft and bodily objects, characteristic of her work, spread out throughout the entire space, from the sides, from the ceiling, and through the metal structures. Slight vibrations and movements emanating from them cannot be clearly identified, but are almost physically perceptible. The mix of sculpture and movement reorients the visitors’ experience of the hall. The borders between technically generated and the human and non-human worlds become blurred. Visitors find themselves immersed in a surreal organic-technical environment.
Devouring Lovers is on view through January 1st, 2024, at the Hamburger Banhof Museum of Contemporary Art, Invalidenstraße 50-51, 10557 Berlin