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Asta Gr枚ting: From Deep Sea Odyssey to Space Between Two People Having Sex
From Deep Sea Odyssey to Space Between Two People Having Sex marks Asta Gr枚ting鈥檚 inaugural solo exhibition with carlier | gebauer in Madrid, showcasing a compelling selection of both iconic and recent sculptural works.
Spanning the breadth of the artist鈥檚 career, from the 1980s to the present, the exhibition highlights an ongoing, nuanced investigation into corporeality, its presence or absence. Gr枚ting鈥檚 work delves into the unseen, the unsaid, and the invisible forces that bind us, both physically and metaphysically. It is an exploration of the ways in which bodies, whether tangible or abstract, are interconnected, revealing profound truths about our existence, intimacy, and relationships.
One of the iconic pieces of the show is Deep Sea Odyssey (1982/2025), a reworking of Gr枚ting鈥檚 earliest known sculpture, first created during her studies at the Kunstakademie D眉sseldorf. The piece, shaped like a shell and sized to the artist鈥檚 own height, symbolically references femininity while also highlighting her position as one of the few female sculptors at the academy during that period. In the 2025 iteration, the shell has been transformed into an organic, with moss encrusting its surface as if it has been submerged in deep sea waters. The thick layer of moss invokes not just the passage of time but the artist鈥檚 own evolution and search for identity within the realm of sculpture.
The Space Between Two People Having Sex and Space Between Two Women Having Sex further explore the physicality of human connection by capturing the impressions of two bodies in intimacy, reflecting the tension between the visible and invisible. The void between bodies, the space that separates, become the subject of the work and as the viewer stands before these empty spaces they are confronted with the presence of something much more significant: the imprint of human connection. Gr枚ting makes visible what is typically unseen, what is both unsaid and concealed in human interaction. The very absence of words, the silence between lovers, is central to this narrative. The sculptural space between bodies mimics the silent void that pervades much of human interaction. As the artist poignantly reminds us, 鈥渨e can鈥檛 see air, but if we could, it would be what鈥檚 between us.鈥�
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From Deep Sea Odyssey to Space Between Two People Having Sex marks Asta Gr枚ting鈥檚 inaugural solo exhibition with carlier | gebauer in Madrid, showcasing a compelling selection of both iconic and recent sculptural works.
Spanning the breadth of the artist鈥檚 career, from the 1980s to the present, the exhibition highlights an ongoing, nuanced investigation into corporeality, its presence or absence. Gr枚ting鈥檚 work delves into the unseen, the unsaid, and the invisible forces that bind us, both physically and metaphysically. It is an exploration of the ways in which bodies, whether tangible or abstract, are interconnected, revealing profound truths about our existence, intimacy, and relationships.
One of the iconic pieces of the show is Deep Sea Odyssey (1982/2025), a reworking of Gr枚ting鈥檚 earliest known sculpture, first created during her studies at the Kunstakademie D眉sseldorf. The piece, shaped like a shell and sized to the artist鈥檚 own height, symbolically references femininity while also highlighting her position as one of the few female sculptors at the academy during that period. In the 2025 iteration, the shell has been transformed into an organic, with moss encrusting its surface as if it has been submerged in deep sea waters. The thick layer of moss invokes not just the passage of time but the artist鈥檚 own evolution and search for identity within the realm of sculpture.
The Space Between Two People Having Sex and Space Between Two Women Having Sex further explore the physicality of human connection by capturing the impressions of two bodies in intimacy, reflecting the tension between the visible and invisible. The void between bodies, the space that separates, become the subject of the work and as the viewer stands before these empty spaces they are confronted with the presence of something much more significant: the imprint of human connection. Gr枚ting makes visible what is typically unseen, what is both unsaid and concealed in human interaction. The very absence of words, the silence between lovers, is central to this narrative. The sculptural space between bodies mimics the silent void that pervades much of human interaction. As the artist poignantly reminds us, 鈥渨e can鈥檛 see air, but if we could, it would be what鈥檚 between us.鈥�
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