Lygia Clark’s Architecture of Feeling
Louisa Elderton, Frieze
July 2025
There is an all-encompassing satisfaction when an exhibition demonstrates alignment between the artworks on display and the architecture that frames them. Such is the case with Lygia Clark’s retrospective at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie. Established within the late-1950s Brazilian neo-concrete movement, which prioritized embodied and sensory experience, Clark’s practice was concerned with the subjective relationship between artwork and space, artist and viewer. Here, the synergy with the museum building, designed by Mies van der Rohe and defined by its flexible interior space, makes for a presentation that encourages movement, exploration and playful release. […]