13/04/2026
INSTANT CLASSICS at Hannah Gallery
Brooch: Pink Balancing Glass by Gésine Hackenberg, 2015.
Glass by Theresienthal, silver.
From series: Still-lives
Unique piece. Work designed for Klimt02 Gallery for the exhibition 'To Recover' in 2015.
The background softly recedes, drawing the gaze toward the object — creating intimacy, inviting us to look closer, beyond the rhythm of everyday life. Like a still life painter, Gésine Hackenberg, through her Still-lives series, cuts, dissects, and recomposes vintage glassware into delicate wearable miniatures. Fragments of past lives settle into quiet compositions.
'Objects of everyday life and domestic materials become a language to express and reflect emotions.' Says the artist.
Reinterpreting classical genres, Gésine elevates humble, often overlooked objects into precious jewellery. The body becomes the canvas, carrying these contemporary still lifes into movement and presence. Familiar, tender, sometimes forgotten. Everyday objects hold the trace of those who lived with them. In Hackenberg’s hands, they become silent portraits, translating stories, emotions, and invisible bonds.
