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neugerriemschneider

Jorge Pardo: for lilly reich

21. August – 31. Oktober 2021

neugerriemschneider is pleased to present Jorge Pardo’s tenth solo exhibition with the gallery, titled for lilly
reich. A series of new works by Pardo pays homage to Lilly Reich (1885 – 1947), the pioneering modernist
designer, architect and collaborator of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, among others.

Pardo explores Lilly Reich’s life, work and legacy as he synthesizes and adapts the visual narratives that
surround her interdisciplinary work, speaking to the evolving recognition of Reich nearly a century after many of
her landmark projects. Drawing upon myriad visual sources found online, Pardo has layered and digitally
manipulated this diverse source material into new compositions, which are then colorfully reproduced by hand
on CNC-engraved wooden panels.

Pardo and Reich, although separated by decades, share many parallels. Reich’s transformation of environments
through her deft handling of material, form and function closely align with the approach to space and our
experience within it that Pardo has taken over the past 30 years. Reich’s affinity for simplified forms is an
approach Pardo admires for its “transparency, openness” and radical nature.

The exhibition for lilly reich takes place in dialogue with the opening of Jorge Pardo’s new installation Untitled
(2021) at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, on August 21, 2021. An environment including light sculptures and
intricate wall panels, Untitled houses the museum’s café, which was at the time of the building’s opening in 1968
called the “Erfrischungsraum.” Pardo’s work was commissioned to mark the reopening of the Neue
Nationalgalerie – the last, and arguably most notable building completed by Mies van der Rohe – after six years
of renovation by David Chipperfield Architects.