Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed at VAN HORN: Experience Art in Düsseldorf


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Between Memory and Transformation: Pip Culbert and Gerhard Hoehme at VAN HORN
The exhibition Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed brings together the works of Pip Culbert and Gerhard Hoehme in a common dialogue for the first time, opening a view into two artistic positions that work with existing materials, reduction, and shifts in meaning. The title of the exhibition refers to luck, memory, and new beginnings – and this very tension characterizes the art experience in Düsseldorf. ([van-horn.net](https://van-horn.net/current-exhibition/?utm_source=openai))
Material as a Carrier of Memory
Pip Culbert works with clothing, bags, tents, and textiles; Gerhard Hoehme with color, string, plastic hose, and drawing. Both withdraw the original purpose of the everyday and transform it into a new aesthetic experience. Traces of use become traces of history, and fragments form an open composition. ([van-horn.net](https://van-horn.net/current-exhibition/?utm_source=openai))
Gerhard Hoehme: Informel, Line, and Space
Gerhard Hoehme is considered a leading representative of German Informel and a formative figure in abstract art after 1945. His works examine not only painting but also its spatial reference, the movement of the line, and the energy of the pictorial field. In art history, he represents a painting that moves away from pure form and emphasizes process, materiality, and openness. ([sammlung.staedelmuseum.de](https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/person/hoehme-gerhard?utm_source=openai))
Pip Culbert: Textile Traces and Reduced Poetry
Pip Culbert, born in 1938 and passed away in 2016, is known for a minimalist yet poetic approach to everyday materials. Her works shift clothing and fabric into the realm of art and transform these items into carriers of memory, body, and social significance. The result feels quiet and precise but never empty. ([van-horn.net](https://van-horn.net/current-exhibition/?utm_source=openai))
Exhibition Atmosphere in Düsseldorf
VAN HORN at Ackerstraße 99 in Düsseldorf shows the exhibition from September 4 to October 24, 2026; the opening takes place on Friday, September 4, from 6 to 9 PM. The gallery space provides the appropriate setting for a concentrated view of the works, where material, light, and surface resonate with each other. ([van-horn.net](https://van-horn.net/))
Curating with a Clear Art Historical Focus
The exhibition reads as a clever juxtaposition of two post-war and contemporary positions. It shows how art arises from rephrasing the familiar: through intervention, displacement, and a new order of the visible. For art lovers, this opens up a concentrated art experience between Informel, object art, and material-related conceptualization. ([van-horn.net](https://van-horn.net/current-exhibition/?utm_source=openai))
Conclusion: This exhibition promises an impressive encounter with two artistic hands that create something radically new from the existing. Those interested in contemporary art, art history, and the silent power of materials should experience this event live in Düsseldorf. ([van-horn.net](https://van-horn.net/current-exhibition/?utm_source=openai))
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