For the first time in over two decades, the radical work of Helen Chadwick is being presented in its entirety. In dialogue with contemporary sculptor Liesl Raff, a sensual exhibition unfolds about the body, material, and the hybrid—between blossoming, decay, and renewal.

The exhibition is dedicated to the groundbreaking oeuvre of British artist Helen Chadwick, whose works have redefined the boundaries between sculpture, performance, and installation since the 1980s. With uncompromising sensuality, Chadwick explored the natural world, physicality, and the relationship between beauty and the grotesque. She repeatedly returned to motifs of blossoming—not as an idealized metaphor, but as a process between growth, decay, and transformation.

The upper floor features a comprehensive retrospective of her work, tracing her artistic development from early works to iconic series. Materials such as flowers, meat, chocolate, and bodily fluids become poetic and provocative carriers of meaning. Chadwick's feminist perspective combines technical precision with wit and a critical examination of science and cultural history.

Chadwick's work enters into a lively dialogue with the sculptures of Liesl Raff. Her contemporary practice works with open structures, transitions, and supporting forms, making materiality tangible as something processual. Raff's works respond tentatively to Chadwick's thinking about the hybrid and open up new interpretations of body, language, and space. The exhibition is complemented by performative moments and live events that conceive of the exhibition space as a living, changing structure.
March 21 to September 20, 2026