Paola Siri Renard presents "Double Star" at nouveaux deuxdeux in Munich, featuring sculptures assembled from fragments of architectural ornaments, equestrian monuments, industrial display systems, and skeletal forms. Her work extracts elements from historical structures—spanning Gothic, Greco-Roman, and Art Nouveau styles—and reconfigures them into unstable, evocative constellations.
This exhibition matters because it reimagines how historical architectural languages can be deconstructed and repurposed in contemporary sculpture, challenging conventional notions of preservation and monumentality. By isolating and reassembling fragments, Renard invites viewers to reconsider the relationship between past and present, permanence and fragility, in the built environment.