02/09/2026
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed
Pip Culbert | Gerhard Hoehme
DC Open | opening Fri. 04 Sep., 6-9 pm
For the first time, the works of Pip Culbert (1938–2016) and Gerhard Hoehme (1920–1989) are brought together in a joint exhibition.
The title alludes to an English
idiom that traditionally symbolises good luck, memory and a new beginning. This is precisely what
this exhibition is about. Both artists work with existing materials. They appropriate, alter,reduce and shift meanings. Nothing arises from nothing. The old is not replaced,
but transformed. What remains are traces of its history – and, at the same time, something radically new.
Pip Culbert (1938–2016)
Born in 1938 in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Lived and worked in London and France. Studied at the Royal College of Art, London. International exhibitions in Europe, the USA, the UK,
Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Her works are held, amongst others, at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa and the Christchurch Art Gallery.
Gerhard Hoehme (1920–1989)
Born in 1920 in Greppin, Germany; died in 1989 in Neuss. Lived and worked in Düsseldorf and Neuss. Studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. From 1960 to 1984, he was a professor in Düsseldorf; from 1984, at the Berlin Academy of Arts and the University of Giessen. International exhibitions in Europe, London and New York, amongst other places, as well as participation in documenta II in Kassel in 1959 and, just recently, a major show at Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg.
The exhibition is being organised with the kind support of a major private collection, Meerbusch, and FoxJensenMcCrory, the estate of Pip Culbert, New Zealand.
📷 J. Bendzulla
