Mind Shapes
I would like to share my participation in M I N D S H A P E S, a group exhibition curated by Harald F. Theiss at Alte Feuerwache – Projektraum, Berlin.
Alte Feuerwache – Projektraum, Berlin
22.01.2026 – 15.03.2026
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About heads, bodies and other relations
Modelled heads, over and again: floor installations, behind glass, in groups or individually mounted on metal rods. At eye level, with their presence they acquire minimal physical traits and intimacy. In clay or bronze, Patricia Dreyfus’s heads betoken an inner gaze, prompting viewers to adopt a form of introspection that is not infrequently unsettling.
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Cache
Ambiguity defines the artistic work of Patricia Dreyfus. To this day it remains an almost obsessive and unsparing examination of her own life. Through a surreal vocabulary of forms, she simultaneously reflects omnipresent states of human - mostly female - experiences and insights. The hidden plays a visible role not only formally a visible role. In this context, the title of the exhibition, which can be read in different ways, leads to speculative interpretations. What remains in the textile installation Histoire de ma vie (2018-2022), made up of countless overlaps, is concealed or where does it allow insights? The story of my life, according to the translation, is reminiscent of the autobiographical work of the French writer George Sand. The name is known to be a pseudonym. To this day, it usually serves to conceal identity. The reason was different in Sand's case. With the male name, she adopted the emancipatory habit of speaking of herself in the masculine form...
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