Unterste Schublade
2026
An exhibition curated by Valio Tchenkov, featuring works by artists who dare to open the bottom drawer for him and for us.
A glimpse into the space where uncomfortable things linger, treasures and rejects lie, risk, doubt, and uncertainty reign or even forgotten things wait to be rediscovered and point in a different direction. Milestones in the artistic thought and creative process.
Works by Stephan Conrady, Judith Egger, Franka Kaßner, Veit Kowald, Barbara Probst, Frank Stürmer, Valio Tchenkov, among others.
Judith Egger will be exhibiting the small clay sculpture “Penisbaum/dick tree” (2014) as well as a series of charcoal drawings (2017) and the accompanying publication “VIP Vacation” from 2026.
opening | Thursday, 5.3.2026, 7 pm
duration | 6.3.– 18.4.2026
artist talk I 15.4.2026, 7 pm
BELLEPARAIS
Julia Lachenmann
Schellingstr. 54,
80799 München
The artist Valio Tchenkov inspired me to rummage through my bottom drawer and look through works that, for one reason or another, I haven’t exhibited yet. I quickly thought of the small Penis Tree (2010, clay, twine, 17x10x10 cm) and a series of charcoal drawings along with a publication that had been waiting forever to be released.
The publication “VIP Vacation” is based on a (as I thought, curious) spam email that I received and saved in 2008. The charcoal drawings accompanying the text followed in 2017. Now, 18 years later, everything comes together.
“VIP Vacation” measures 15 x 21 cm, has 28 pages, art paper, and a cover made of mother-of-pearl cardboard.
The booklet is published in a numbered edition of 49 copies, is bound with a satin ribbon, and contains, in a surprising spot, a drawing-preservative made of tissue paper and metallic-pink nail polish.
What I naively perceived as bizarre and offbeat in 2008 reveals itself in 2026, in the wake of the partial release of the Epstein Files, as a global phenomenon of violence and exploitation of women and minors. In this context, to my horror, both works take on an entirely different meaning, and perhaps that is precisely why now is the right moment to show them.
