Stanislava Kovalčíková
Rubigo
21 Feb–19 Apr 2026
For her first institutional solo exhibition in Germany, Stanislava Kovalčíková creates an expansive installation made of red plasticine, a synthetic modelling clay, that serves as an environment for a series of paintings on discarded clock dials from Prussian church towers. The installation evokes the sensation of being enclosed within a body – a living mothership. But it is a sick, decaying organism. The yielding yet resistant materiality of the plasticine and its muffled acoustics amplify the impression of being inside an architecture of bodily tissue, or a padded cell.
In Rubigo, Kovalčíková interweaves imprints and rusted materials with emptied rituals and decomposing bodies, with relics of a vanishing world and extraterrestrial visions. On the enamelled surfaces of the weathered clock dials, the artist uses painting to probe the human figure – its vulnerability, pain and desire, dependency and estrangement. The figures appear in constellations yet seem detached from any shared space or time. Rather than following the uniform ticking of a clock and its attendant linearity and measurability, the paintings are governed by the logic of dreams.
With special thanks to Emalin, London and Antenna Space, Shanghai.
The exhibition is supported by:
Image: Stanislava Kovalčíková, Dandelion (detail), 2024, Courtesy Collection of Alexander V. Petalas
Programme
Fri, 20 Feb 2026, 7 pm
Opening Night with an Introduction by Heinrich Dietz
Wed, 25 Feb 2026, 7 pm
Curator’s Tour with Heinrich Dietz
Mon, 2 Mar 2026, 7 pm
Table Talk
Plasticity and Transience – Plastic as a Material in Art
with Charlotte Matter
Sun 8 Mar 2026, 4 pm
Guided Tour with Dieu Thanh Hoang
Fri, 20 Mar 2026, 4 pm
Junge Kunstfreund*innen
Guided Tour and Get-together
Sun, 22 Mar 2026, 2–4 pm
Children’s Workshop
6–12 years (registration required)
Wed, 25 Mar 2026, 7 pm
Guided Tour with Johanna Thorell
Sun, 29 Mar 2026, 7:30 pm
Film Screening
Cries and Whispers
(Ingmar Bergman, 1972)
Meeting point: Kommunales Kino
Fri, 17 Apr 2026, 7 pm
Artist Talk with Stanislava Kovalčíková
Sun, 19 Apr 2026, 4 pm
Guided Tour with Dieu Thanh Hoang