Ausstellungseröffnung zur DC Open 2026 "FROMENSPRACHE. Bernd & Hilla Becher × Brigitte & Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff"

We are delighted to be participating in this year’s DC Open Gallery Weekend, which will take place from September 4 to 6 in Düsseldorf and Cologne. One day earlier, on Thursday, September 3, at 6 p.m., we will open an exhibition in our first-floor gallery dedicated to the two artist couples Bernd & Hilla Becher and Brigitte & Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff.

On display are two artistic approaches within German postwar art that engage with structure, form, and serial order in distinct ways. Bernd & Hilla Becher have shaped international photography since the 1960s with their photographic typologies of industrial buildings. In parallel, Brigitte & Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff developed a sculptural language defined by tension, movement, and spatial construction. The juxtaposition of the works reveals formal and conceptual parallels. The photographs by Hilla and Bernd Becher follow a clear system and examine industrial architecture in serial contexts. The sculptures by Brigitte and Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff deal with balance, densification, and the relationship between body and space. Both pairs of artists are united by their close collaboration over many decades as well as their interest in constructive processes and the effect of form in space. The exhibition brings these positions into direct dialogue and opens up new perspectives on the relationship between photography and sculpture.