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until 28.02. | #4894ARTatBerlin | Galerie Max Hetzler (Bleibtreustraße 45) shows from 23. January 2026 the exhibition On the other land by the artist Barry Flanagan.
For more than five decades, British sculptor Barry Flanagan worked with a wide variety of materials and forms of expression. His works range from stone, sheet metal and ceramics to monumental bronzes and reveal a consistent interest in materiality, scale and formal diversity. The exhibition focuses on this exploration and highlights four frequently used materials in particular, as well as Flanagan’s approach to size and weight.
His early works include stone sculptures from the 1970s, which are characterised by their mass, three-dimensionality and close orientation to the properties of the material. These are complemented by sheet metal works known as ‘snoots’, in which organic forms, spirals and mythological references become visible. Flanagan’s interest in ‘pataphysics – a ‘science of imaginary solutions’ – shapes his playful and experimental approach.
Another focus is on ceramic ‘pinch pots’ from the early 1990s. These small-format works are created using a simple, artisanal technique and illustrate seriality and repetition as central principles in Flanagan’s work.
From the 1980s onwards, Flanagan turned increasingly to figurative art and became particularly well known for his bronze sculptures, often in the form of rabbits. These combine humorous lightness with monumental materiality and at the same time refer to art-historical models and literary and philosophical concepts.
Overall, the exhibition presents Flanagan’s work as a multi-layered interplay of material, form, language and art-historical references that enables immediate and sensual perception.
Location: Bleibtreustraße 45, 10623 Berlin
Opening: Friday, 23. Januar 2026, 6 – 8 pm
Exhibition dates: Friday, 23. January, until Saturday, 28. February 2026
Titel image caption: Barry Flanagan, Juggler, 1994, © The Estate of Barry Flanagan, photo: def image
Exhibition Barry Flanagan – Galerie Max Hetzler | Contemporary Art – Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin – Exhibitions Berlin Galleries – ART at Berlin
