Judith Hopf, Untitled (Tongue Rolling – Outdoor), 2024 @museum.de

This sculpture is part of a series of oversized tongues in gleaming red steel, an allusion to architectural elements of Italian fascism, similarly found on the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana in Rome, for example. The tongue as the human organ of communication, here portrayed in its basic form, is understood by the artist not only as a comment but also as a call to a lively discussion about the aesthetic, political and social meanings and preconditions of architecture.

Judith Hopf

Untitled (Tongue Rolling – Outdoor), 2024

Coated steel

Courtesy of the artist; Deborah Schamoni, Munich
Supported by Stiftung Skulpturenpark Köln