Dresden-based Stefanie Hollerbach is interested in materials and materiality, as well as paradoxes. After initially training as a wood sculptor, she went on to study with Alicja Kwade at the Dresden University of Fine Arts. Hollerbach’s works deal with the world of things, particularly ordinary, often overlooked details. Alluding to artifacts, architecture, and mechanisms, her refined and minimal sculptures hint at and deconstruct physical processes while examining relationships between autonomy and interdependence. By questioning what we take for granted, Hollerbach implies potential and asks us to see differently and dream a bit more in our daily lives.
Robert Preece: Your solo exhibition “Verlauf/Work in process,” at the Städtische Galerie Dresden, features three sculptural works made of wood, acrylic, and graphite, all titled Viscous Matter (2024). Two appear to be sliding down the wall, and one of them drapes over a steel frame. What is this viscous matter? What is its significance?
Stefanie Hollerbach: The exhibition is an intervention within the permanent collection of the Dresden municipal gallery. I re-curated the existing installation and integrated my works among the historical pieces from different eras. Being surrounded by these works made me reflect on the fundamental process of making art. . .
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