Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
In einem Raum, wo Beton und Stahl einst Schutz versprachen, entfaltet sich eine Ausstellung, die von der Zerbrechlichkeit und Resilienz des Körpers und der Seele erzählt. Die Skulpturen tragen ihre Wunden mit sich und zeigen diese – Brüche, Risse, Quetschungen. Der Bunker selbst wird Teil dieser Choreografie. Die Historie, aber auch das massive Bauwerk an sich, intensivieren die Erfahrung des Verletzlichen. Besucher:innen bewegen sich durch Zonen, in denen Formen von Verletzung und Veränderung aufgegriffen werden, ehe sich Lichtfelder öffnen, in denen Heilung erfahrbar wird. HURTING SCULPTURES lädt ein, Verletzung nicht zu verbergen, sondern als Teil einer fortwährenden Transformation zu begreifen. Jede Narbe ist eine Landkarte des Überlebens – jede Skulptur ein Körper, der von der Last der Vergangenheit und der Kraft der Erneuerung erzählt. Vernissage: Mittwoch, 1. Oktober 2025, 18:00-21:00 Uhr im Bilker Bunker, Aachener Straße 39, 40223 Düsseldorf
Installation, photography, object, time-based media
The indivisibility of space and self-perception and the resulting question of the existential nature of space permeates the main work of Jennifer López Ayala. Her particular interest lies in the "injured space" and the themes of pain, trauma, and healing in the tension between the individual and the collective. For López Ayala, the physicality and reality of pain, as well as the localization of vulnerability in space, are at the center of her work. Each space has for her a memory of pain, an aesthetic fracture, a wound, and a secret that reveal themselves in the act of exhibiting, seeing, and remembering. The artist's site-specific, space-penetrating installations and assemblages are characterized by characteristic eggshells and a strictly geometrically structured composition. Beyond the iconographic or symbolic significance of the egg, such as a symbol of life and fertility, the eggshell serves not only as a narrative but also advances as a new "painterly" medium - analogous to the color dots of a pointillistic painting. In her installations, Jennifer López Ayala attempts to expose the essence of a specific space in all its facets and to explore the potentials of space as well as its physical possibilities and limitations. She constantly dissects existing spatial structures to question spatial boundaries and predefined ranges of motion and to counter them with new structures and movement spaces. This creates an ambivalent interplay of fundamental, ontologically shaped spatial experiences that penetrate each other, bringing to mind the reference to one's self. (Read on below)
The exhibition project “Desctructura” shows sculptural works by artists who deal with the theme of deconstruction. The reuse of objects and planned deconstructions of artworks are at the core of the three exhibitions, taking place at three locations: Ringenberg Castle, MMIII Kunstverein Mönchengladbach and Städtische Galerie im Park, Viersen. All participating artists are united by the processual work and dissolution of forms in the sense of “Desctructura”. The “Destructura” exhibitions are supported by the Regional Cultural Policy Program of the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The exhibition project “Desctructura” shows sculptural works by artists who deal with the theme of deconstruction. The reuse of objects and planned deconstructions of artworks are at the core of the three exhibitions, taking place at three locations: Ringenberg Castle, MMIII Kunstverein Mönchengladbach and Städtische Galerie im Park, Viersen. All participating artists are united by the processual work and dissolution of forms in the sense of “Desctructura”. The “Destructura” exhibitions are supported by the Regional Cultural Policy Program of the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia.