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until 02.04. | #4952ARTatBerlin | ChertLüdde shows from 24. February 2026 (Opening: 22.02.) the exhibitions After Totality by the artist Monia Ben Hamouda and The Long Pond by the artist Rodrigo Hernández.
In her upcoming exhibition at ChertLüdde, Monia Ben Hamouda presents “After Totality.” The title refers to her recent exhibition “Path of Totality,” which was on view at the Museo Casa Rusca in Locarno (September 20, 2025 – January 11, 2026). In astronomy, the term “path of totality” refers to the area of the Earth from which a total solar eclipse is visible, when the moon completely obscures the sun and daylight briefly gives way to darkness. For Ben Hamouda, this phenomenon becomes a metaphor for the present, overshadowed by war, a worsening climate crisis, and the resurgence of fascist and racist ideologies. “After Totality” thus alludes to a fragile threshold: the uncertain, tentative possibility of a new beginning after the darkness.
Rodrigo Hernández, Detail of I wonder how quickly you will forget about me in Paris (P+R), 2026, Bronze, 2 elements, Courtesy of the Artist and ChertLüdde, Berlin
Rodrigo Hernández (born 1983 in Mexico City) works with drawing, painting, relief, sculpture, and installation, creating meticulously composed visual constellations that explore perspective and perception. His recent exhibitions have taken him into speculative dream worlds beyond the human realm. With “The Long Pond,” Hernández turns inward, to more conscious forms of dreaming—those of desire and longing—creating a loose visual narrative that exists in the liminal space between sleep and wakefulness.
Opening: Sunday, 22. February 2026, 2 – 7 pm
Exhibition dates: Tuesday, 24. February until Thursday, 2. April 2026
Titel image caption: Monia Ben Hamouda, Installation view of “Path of Totality”, curated by Gioia Dal Molin, Museo Casa Rusca, Locarno, 2025, Photo by Cosimo Filippini, Courtesy of the artist; ChertLüdde, Berlin; Selma Feriani Gallery, Tunisi.
Exhibitions Monia Ben Hamouda + Rodrigo Hernández – ChertLüdde | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin
