Gallery M29 presents Vincent Tavenne: Miniature worlds between fabric and surreal pictorial spaces

The presentation at Gallery M29 leads into finely composed miniature worlds that Vincent Tavenne has developed as a counterpart to his well-known fabric sculptures. The exhibition combines poetic spatial images with subtle irony, recurring motifs, and a material aesthetic that oscillates between fragility and pictorial clarity. The display cases appear like concentrated excerpts from a larger artistic landscape in which reality and imagination flow into one another.

Vincent Tavenne Fabric Sculptures Art in Display Cases

Works that have emerged from the context of Vincent Tavenne's large-format fabric sculptures, but translate them into the format of small display cases. The materials—paper, papier-mâché, light fabrics—retain their fragility, but in miniature form they appear even denser and at the same time more open to associations.

Galerie M29 emphasizes the combination of diorama, symbolism, and surreal elements

The presentation features display cases reminiscent of natural history dioramas, but at the same time creating a poetic distance. Realistic fragments stand alongside abstract forms, symbolic elements find their place next to surreal miniature objects.

Recurring motifs from Tavenne's entire oeuvre

Motif repetitions that run through Tavenne's work like a visual vocabulary are presented at Art Cologne. A slice of salami appears in a display case like a miniature earth, a cloud with colored threads references an installation from the previous year, and the snail reappears as a recurring symbol.

Art object as a Renaissance display case with precise spatial depth

A miniature is reminiscent of the perspective boxes of the Renaissance. A small interior with a bed, table, and staircase creates a surprisingly clear spatial effect. Despite the simple structure, a stage opens up on which elements, symbols, and spatial sequences arrange themselves into their own little world. Galerie M29 deliberately places this work alongside the more surreal display cases, highlighting the diversity of Tavenne's approaches.

The irony arises not from exaggeration, but from the combination of these fragile materials with precise, sometimes humorous details. Galerie M29 thus presents a series of works characterized by subtlety, clarity, and quiet irritation.