Bernhard Fuchs

What Comes After Art

HLHE DIALOG

Sun, Apr 19, 2026–Sun, Sep 6, 2026

Haus Esters

Bernhard Fuchs (born 1971 in Haslach an der Mühl, Austria) is part of the established generation of the Düsseldorf School of Photography. With his series Heustöcke (Haystacks), he has completed a new body of work shown almost in its entirety—forty photographs—in Haus Esters. The series depicts the storage of hay on the floors of various barns in the artist’s native Upper Austria. These haystacks, once common in rural life, are now increasingly disappearing. Through this series, Fuchs reflects not only on traditional agricultural processes of storing and producing materials, but also on the nature and temporality of photography itself.

The exhibition Bernhard Fuchs. Heustöcke is organized in cooperation with the Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz (Austria), where it will be shown in 2027.

Curator: Sylvia Martin

HLHE Dialog Series
Acaye Kerunen and Bernhard Fuchs come from very different cultural backgrounds and artistic traditions, yet both share a deep connection to their places of origin — sources of inspiration that continue to shape their artistic visions. In both artists’ work, notions of preservation, appreciation, continuity, and the longing for repair form a shared conceptual framework.
Since 2017, the HL HE Dialog series has fostered encounters between historical and contemporary positions in art, design, and architecture within the neighboring Mies van der Rohe villas. Each edition reflects anew on the legacy of modernism, bringing past and present into dynamic conversation.