11 SEP – 19 DEC 2026

Opening – 10 SEP 2026, 6–10 pm

On the occasion of Berlin Art Week, Konrad Fischer Galerie is pleased to present Martin Margiela in Berlin, the artist’s first exhibition both with the gallery, and in Germany.

Having stepped away from the fashion world in 2008 to devote himself fully to his practice as an artist, Martin Margiela has continued to pursue an artistic inquiry centered on human physiology, materiality, and the transformation of everyday objects and materials.

For his exhibition on the first floor, two walls have been built beneath the mezzanine, while opaque painter’s sheeting hangs around both the entryway and from the deliberately raised balustrade. Together, these interventions obstruct views across the room, shielding both the works and visitors from one another as they move through the space. The gallery is thereby divided into a series of partitioned zones, creating an atmosphere of intimacy and privacy, which in turn generates an interplay of human presence and absence — themes central to the artist’s concerns.

At the centre of the exhibition stands the monolithic sculpture Audience (2026). Comprising reclaimed cinema seating stacked into a monumental wall, each seat has had its original upholstery removed and replaced with a plaster and acrylic cast.

Other works comprise further familiar everyday objects that have been manipulated, painted on, defaced or distorted: coat hangers, bathroom and kitchen tiles, magazines, underwear, furniture, carpet. The exhibition is punctuated at odd intervals with images of human heads, hair and peoples’ faces that, on first encounter, feel both familiar and unfamiliar, hovering between the recognizable and the strange.

Here, tactile and physical intervention humorously entwine with Margiela’s ongoing interest in the body, its relationship to the environments it inhabits, and the things it uses: where we sit, what we wear, what we read, what we watch, and what we touch.

Margiela’s debut solo art exhibition was held at Lafayette Anticipations Foundation in Paris in 2021, from where it traveled to Beijing (M Woods Foundation, 2022) and Seoul (Lotte Museum, 2023). Recent solo exhibitions include Martin Margiela at Kudan House, Tokyo, 2026. Margiela’s works have also been included in the group exhibitions L’Homme qui Marche at Bielefeld’s Kunsthalle in 2019-2020 and No Angels at Berlin’s Wilhelm Hallen in 2023. In 2024, a newly commissioned sculpture titled Blinds was permanently installed in the center of Antwerp as part of Kunst in de Stad.

Margiela works in Belgium and lives between Belgium and France.

11 SEP – 19 DEC 2026

Opening – 10 SEP 2026, 6–10 pm

On the occasion of Berlin Art Week 2026, Konrad Fischer Galerie is pleased to present its 20th solo exhibition with Alan Charlton as part of Gallery Night on Thursday, 10 September, from 6–10 pm.

Alan Charlton’s (*1948, Sheffield, UK) artistic practice emerged at a time when Minimalism, Post-Minimalism, and Hard-Edge Abstraction were redefining the possibilities of painting and sculpture. Since the mid-1970s, he has pursued an exceptionally consistent artistic language, working exclusively with the colour grey. His paintings follow a precise system of measurement: height, width, and depth are determined as multiples of 4.5 cm. Through this rigorous system of proportion, Charlton explores the relationship between the physical painting and the architecture that surrounds it.

Charlton’s decision to work with grey originates in his search for a functional colour associated with industrial manufacturing. Its limited associative potential allows the works to resist emotional or symbolic interpretation, instead directing attention towards the immediate encounter between the work and the viewer. Within this rigorously structured practice, Charlton continuously develops new forms. His repetitive working process gives rise to subtle variations and nuances, making repetition itself an important source of inspiration. The new works presented in this exhibition focus on circular compositions that differ in diameter, shade of grey, and number of individual elements.

Alan Charlton was born in Sheffield in 1948 and studied at Sheffield School of Art, Camberwell School of Art, and the Royal Academy Schools in London. Major solo exhibitions have been held at institutions including Museum Kurhaus Kleve (2008) and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (2001). His first solo exhibition at Konrad Fischer Galerie in Düsseldorf took place in 1972. That same year, Whitechapel Gallery in London presented his first institutional solo exhibition – a formative moment that introduced his work to a broader audience.

Charlton has participated in numerous major group exhibitions, most notably documenta 7 in Kassel (1982). His work has also been exhibited at institutions including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven.

His works are held in numerous public collections, including the ARCO Foundation Collection, Madrid; Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux; FNAC + CNAP Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris; the Hall Art Foundation at Schloss Derneburg Museum; MuHKA – Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp; Museu Berardo, Lisbon; Trevi Flash Art Museum, Italy; and ZKM | Karlsruhe.

Alan Charlton lives and works in England.