Brook Hsu
The Barcelona Pavilion
Including work by Georg Kolbe
1 MAY until 6 JUN 2026
Opening – 1 MAY 2026, 6-9 pm
Studio view,
courtesy of the artist
The Barcelona Pavilion, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich for the 1929 International Exposition, was a seminal example of modernist architecture, emphasizing open space, minimalism, and elemental materials. Though dismantled shortly after the exposition, it was later reconstructed in the 1980s. Starting in 2024, Hsu began producing drawings and paintings to mediate the paradoxical modus of the pavilion, which, unlike the eternal nature of architecture, existed only temporarily.
Studio view,
courtesy of the artist
Studio view,
courtesy of the artist
For Gallery Weekend 2026, Hsu will present a new suite of paintings, drawings and photographs around the story of a building that was conceived to be destroyed and a woman living through the loss of a child. The exhibition will feature Georg Kolbe’s bronze, Nacht, (1930).
