Galerie Eva Presenhuber is hosting a group exhibition featuring the works of Aria Dean, Sandra Mujinga, and Tschabalala Self. The show explores the construction and erasure of the human body through diverse mediums, including Aria Dean’s 3D-animated film of an empty slaughterhouse and Sandra Mujinga’s spectral, fabric-based sculptures. By focusing on the architectures of violence and the labor of repair, the artists move away from traditional representation toward conceptual and structural critiques of subjecthood.
This exhibition is significant for its intellectual rigor, drawing on sources ranging from Don Quixote to the philosophies of Georges Bataille and Frank B. Wilderson III. It highlights a contemporary shift in figurative art where the "body" is addressed through its absence or its reconstruction via assemblage and digital environments. By resisting the spectacle of violence while interrogating its infrastructure, these three influential artists redefine how identity and vulnerability are visualized in a modern context.