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

A Dialogue about Material, Memory and the Becoming of the Image

In the Düsseldorf gallery VAN HORN, for the first time, Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed presents a body of work by Pip Culbert and Gerhard Hoehme. The exhibition opens on September 4, 2026, and runs until October 24, 2026. At the center is a precisely curated juxtaposition of two artistic positions that form something unique from found objects and rethink the relationship between material, space, and meaning.

Material as a Memory Storage

The title refers to an English saying that connects luck, memory, and new beginnings. This very tension characterizes the exhibition. Culbert works with shirts, bags, tents, and fabrics; Hoehme with paint, string, and plastic tubes. Both extract objects from their original context and transfer them into a new aesthetic state. What was previously functional becomes the subject of artistic contemplation, a bearer of history, and an open form.

Between Painting, Object, and Installation

Gerhard Hoehme is one of the important representatives of abstract art and Informel in Germany. His works expand the image into space and do not regard painting as a closed surface, but as an energetic field. Pip Culbert, on the other hand, focuses on textile materials and the subtle logic of seams, cuts, and interpretations. This creates an artistic experience where sculpture, installation, and drawing overlap, and the boundary between surface and spatial effect remains intentionally open.

An Exhibition about Selection, Displacement, and Visibility

The exhibition realized by VAN HORN makes visible how artistic practice can be translated from everyday life into cultural education. It questions what images make visible and at the same time obscure. Thus, the exhibition is directed at all those who understand art history not just as a chronology but as a living aesthetic experience. The quiet, concentrated exhibition atmosphere enhances perception of materiality, rhythm, and the poetry of reshaping.

Conclusion

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed promises a clever, sensitive, and art-historically enticing encounter of two positions that create something new from the existing. Anyone interested in abstract art, material aesthetics, and the expansion of the concept of image should definitely experience this exhibition live in Düsseldorf.

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Sources:

• VAN HORN - Current Exhibition
• VAN HORN - About
• Hoehme Foundation - Gerhard Hoehme
• Städel Museum - Gerhard Hoehme
• The Chartwell Project - Pip Culbert
• Visit Düsseldorf - VAN HORN