Museum Haus Konstruktiv | The Body Within Abstraction | curated by Sabine Schaschl und Muriel Pérez | video: schwarzpictures.com | 26.9.2026–10.1.2027

In constructivist-concrete art, the human body was largely ignored – be it as a subject, or as an element in the production of art. The focus was on the autonomy of the line, colour and surface as artistic means, whereas figurative representations were considered illusionistic and arbitrary. The group exhibition "The Body Within Abstraction" at Museum Haus Konstruktiv playfully and critically questions this conventional reading. Works by Heidi Bucher, Eva Fàbregas, Kimsooja, Dóra Maurer, Bruce Nauman, Steven Parrino, Chiharu Shiota and Franz West demonstrate how the body can serve as both a unit of measure and thematic basis for minimalistically pared-down, non-figurative art. In exhibiting these prominent artists, the museum is also celebrating its 40th anniversary.