On the occasion of Berlin Art Week, Konrad Fischer Galerie is pleased to present Martin Margiela in Berlin, the artist's first exhibition both with the gallery, and in Germany.
Having stepped away from the fashion world in 2008 to devote himself fully to his practice as an artist, Martin Margiela has continued to pursue an artistic inquiry centered on human physiology, materiality, and the transformation of everyday objects and materials.
At the centre of the exhibition stands the monolithic sculpture Audience (2026). Comprising reclaimed cinema seating stacked into a monumental wall, each seat has had its original upholstery removed and replaced with a plaster and acrylic cast.Other works comprise further familiar everyday objects that have been manipulated, painted on, defaced or distorted: coat hangers, bathroom and kitchen tiles, magazines, underwear, furniture, carpet. The exhibition is punctuated at odd intervals with images of human heads, hair and peoples' faces that, on first encounter, feel both familiar and unfamiliar, hovering between the recognizable and the strange.