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About
Lena Henke, born 1982 in Warburg, Germany, has developed a diverse body of sculptural works, often arranged in comprehensive spatial installations. Her interest in spaces is not limited to presentation or intervention in existing architecture; it is also revealed in a broader sense in the appropriation of objects, urban situations and psychological spatial constellations. Recurring motifs include interventions into the classic working methods of sculpture, recourse to anthroposophical methods, often through a biographically motivated approach or the control of "architecture". In her vocabulary of forms and materials numerous references such as Minimalism or Land Art can be found, which she likes to combine with surrealist motifs. In a subtle way and with a humorous undertone, Henke enjoys infiltrating the patriarchal structures of art history. She explores the ideas of urban planners, landscape architects and urban theorists such as Jane Jacobs, Roberto Burle Marx and Robert Moses. She takes up themes like interpersonal relationships, sexuality and fetishism. Using strategies of intervention, appropriation and control, the artist also examines her relationship to herself and her family environment. -
Selected Works
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Exhibitions in the gallery
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Horizontale & Vertikale Skulptur
Lena Henke 3 May TO 14 June 2025 CHARLOTTENSTRASSEOpening as part of Gallery Weekend Berlin, 2 May 2025, 7 to 9 pm Lena...View Exhibition -
EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK
GROUP SHOW 16 November TO 21 December 2024 POTSDAMER STRASSEGalerie Thomas Schulte presents Everything but the Kitchen Sink in the gallery’s recently opened space...View Exhibition
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