RAD ART FAIR, Bucharest, Romania 2026
Nebelfigur (Figure of Fog)
Jorinde Voigt
stainless steel, 210 x 68 x 27 cm, 1/1 + 1 PA
RAD 2026
Nebelfigur originates from two hand-drawn lines. These lines embody the experience of the past four years: the sensation of standing in fog up to the knees—seeing everything clearly, yet not knowing what is happening at the base. The fog is also a place from which something new emerges: something invisible, something newly formed. A kind of primordial soup.
The area from the floor up to hip height is matte and diffuses upward across the entire surface of the mirror.
The diameter of the tubes is based on the proportions of the body, allowing the sculpture’s form to be instinctively understood and relatively measured. The two arches also relate to one another: the first loop is positioned at head height—like a glance backward or behind. The second arch connects laterally to the first, appearing both protective and stabilizing. Overall, the lines speak of a constant reorientation within a moment of inner, radiant stillness.
The sculpture is designed to be easily climbable and accessible—in the sense of moving through it, standing beside it, becoming part of a community, part of a team, part of a game. It is an easily traversable wanderer in a sea of fog, inviting the viewer to step into the scene and immerse themselves in the situation.
The line speaks the language of the body and encompasses the social spaces we constantly communicate through our movements. We read this on an unconscious level—as a form of social communication.
In accordance with Hermann Schmitz’s situational concept, the sculpture investigates reality as something that can only be understood as a situation. Its accessibility emphasizes the idea of understanding reality as an experiential condition. The sculpture invites the viewer to understand themselves within this situation—a physical understanding in space.
The language of the sculpture is strong and direct. What appears poetic is, in fact, a concrete address on a social level.
The sculpture consists of a combination of stainless steel tubes and solid components in complex loops, invisibly welded together. It is suitable for outdoor installation—ideally on a body of water. Indoors, it is mobile and anchored by means of a metal plate.
about the artist
Jorine Voigt
Jorinde Voigt (Germany, 1977) is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Berlin. From 2014 to 2019, she taught at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, and today she is Professor of Conceptual Drawing and Painting at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg.
In her work Voigt observes and explores the inner processes of perception in relation to various aspects and subjects such as affects and emotions, imagination, memory, sensory experience, natural and cultural phenomena, scientific data, interpersonal actions, and relationships. Since her early work, Jorinde Voigt has taken an analytical approach, understanding her subjects as dynamic situations whose state of being is in constant change. Within a conceptual approach Jorinde Voigt has been expanding her work beyond the medium of drawing in recent years, including and experimenting with painterly elements, collage, sculpture, design, and music.
