Inge Schmidt at basedonart: Plastic pieces and drawings in Düsseldorf
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Poetic sculpture in dialogue with space
With see you then, boa-basedonart in Düsseldorf presents an exhibition that makes Inge Schmidt's work experienceable as a concentrated play of material, form, and spatial presence. The sculptor, born in 1944 in Bonn, lives and works in Cologne; she studied sculpture at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main from 1975 to 1981 under Michael Croissant and was awarded the August-Macke Medal by the city of Bonn in 2018. Her work development has been focused for decades on reduced, precisely placed objects and drawings. ([inge-schmidt.de](https://www.inge-schmidt.de/bio.htm))
Material as language
Schmidt's plastic pieces thrive on a silent intensity. Cardboard, paper, wooden pieces, wires, and other fragile finds are not reshaped, but brought into a sensitive balance. It is precisely this restraint that gives the works that aesthetic tension that hovers between lightness and construction, between sculptural order and open association. In the curation, the space does not appear merely as a shell but as a participant in the viewing of the works. ([inge-schmidt.de](https://inge-schmidt.de/materialien/kataloge/katalog_anderwand.pdf?utm_source=openai))
Drawing, plastic, and the grammar of omission
The exhibition connects to Schmidt's long-standing presence in solo exhibitions, museum projects, and artist book contexts. It becomes particularly clear how closely drawing and plastic are connected in her oeuvre: both follow an aesthetic of reduction, both formulate a precise attitude towards form, both rely on condensation rather than overload. Those who view these works encounter a sculpture that takes the small seriously and thereby opens up large spaces in thinking. ([inge-schmidt.de](https://www.inge-schmidt.de/ausstellungen.htm))
An art experience between intimacy and precision
boa-basedonart, as an artist-run gallery in Flingern, specializes in contemporary positions with a clear material consciousness. The gallery will showcase Inge Schmidt from September 4 to October 31, 2026, at Birkenstraße 112; opening hours are Thursday and Friday from 2 PM to 6 PM and Saturday from 12 PM to 4 PM and by appointment. This framework promises a quiet, concentrated exhibition atmosphere in which the fine shifts of form, scale, and spatial effect unfold particularly intensely. ([boa-basedonart.com](https://boa-basedonart.com/about/?utm_source=openai))
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see you then invites you to an aesthetic experience that relies on fine observation, art-historical sensitivity, and immediate closeness. Those who appreciate plastic art beyond the monumental will find a precisely curated exhibition full of quiet strength. A visit to Düsseldorf is worthwhile for anyone who wants to experience material as language and space as a resonator. ([inge-schmidt.de](https://www.inge-schmidt.de/bio.htm))
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