03/05/2026
HEIMO ZOBERNIG
Solo Exhibition
📍Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin
📆 Exhibition: May 2 – June 27, 2026
“An interest in the material and proportions of standardized objects from everyday life runs
through Zobernig’s entire sculptural oeuvre. The latest series that we are now showing in Berlin—which could be described as a kind of “super-series” — consists of solid aluminum shelves that evoke a number of references: contemporary design, industrial aesthetics, but above all the sublime serenity of “Volumes” known from Minimal Art. Naturally, Zobernig leaves the labels printed on the aluminum plates by the supplier in place. The shelves are empty but have inscriptions. In addition, there is a fragmented human figure, also made of cast aluminum.
The new Hamlet paintings, which Zobernig presents here alongside the IKEA Billy bookshelf sculptures, feature the words “Hamlet total abstrakt” or “Hamlet totally abstract.” In Zobernig’s work, these canvases fall into the category of typographic compositions that generally do not evoke specific content, but rather present tautologies or individual terms—such as “painting,” “video,” “REAL EGAL,” or “LOVE” — as if they were presented on a stage. Zobernig, who studied stage design and who, in 1982, created a set for Heiner Müller’s play Quartett before devoting himself exclusively to his work as an artist, brings Hamlet‘s ghost onto the stage of his art and, at this time and in this place, also the ghost of Heiner Müller.“
Images
3.6. untitled, 2026
Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 200 cm
4. untitled, 2024 (shelves)
Aluminium, 200 x 80 x 30
8. untitled, 2025
Aluminium, 190 x 32 x 37 cm
9. untitled, 2023
Reflective granulate, acrylic lacquer, offset printing,
paper, hardboard, wood
84 x 59.4 cm
10. untitled, 2025
Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
Exhibition Views by Simon Vogel
