Pennys
Lechner Museum•May 17, 2026 — Apr 11, 2027
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Walls, tires, spheres, suitcases—many of Judith Hopf’s motifs originate from a constructed world. Objects that promise stability or mobility behave differently than expected. They escape their intended function and become unreliable artifacts. A suitcase made of bricks; walls that open; tires that lose their balance and threaten to overturn. The wheel, as a symbol of movement, inventiveness, and progress, points to the promise of ceaseless circulation. In Hopf’s work, this movement appears suspended; it is a cycle that no longer repeats itself. In the exhibition, this tension condenses into a weather phenomenon: a yellow lightning bolt hangs from the ceiling, rain showers sweep across the walls. They do not form a landscape, but rather a condition that is gathering yet remains in a state of limbo.
Works by Alf Lechner are exhibited in dialogue with Hopf. These are forged and rolled steel forms that have been subjected to pressure, divided, and rearranged. Some of them appear…
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Pennys
Lechner Museum•May 17, 2026 — Apr 11, 2027
Press Release
Walls, tires, spheres, suitcases—many of Judith Hopf’s motifs originate from a constructed world. Objects that promise stability or mobility behave differently than expected. They escape their intended function and become unreliable artifacts. A suitcase made of bricks; walls that open; tires that lose their balance and threaten to overturn. The wheel, as a symbol of movement, inventiveness, and progress, points to the promise of ceaseless circulation. In Hopf’s work, this movement appears suspended; it is a cycle that no longer repeats itself. In the exhibition, this tension condenses into a weather phenomenon: a yellow lightning bolt hangs from the ceiling, rain showers sweep across the walls. They do not form a landscape, but rather a condition that is gathering yet remains in a state of limbo.
Works by Alf Lechner are exhibited in dialogue with Hopf. These are forged and rolled steel forms that have been subjected to pressure, divided, and rearranged. Some of them appear…
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