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03/06/2026

𝒯𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓃𝑔𝓁𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒪 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓉𝒽

Act 3

She rebels into the unconscious ● Surrendering to
herself ●
Indulging into the depths of her being ● Retrieving
a small piece of herself each time ● Concealing
them within her four walls ● Walking the perimeter
● Rectangular squares hold her ● Prisoner in a
frame ● Thoughts protruding in liquidated form ●
Like silver birch reﬂections on river paths ●

1.         The moth is invited for dinner.
2.         It takes a seat, scratching the chair against the hardwood ﬂoor.
3.         It sits and stares through the protagonists spine inﬂicting a cold chill.

From the expanded opera libretto by Ushara Dilrukshan

Anousha Payne batik and cotton paintings in order of slides:
𝒮𝒽𝒾𝒻𝓉 𝒶 𝓅𝒾𝓉𝒸𝒽, 2026, chalk pastel, pine resin, wax, iron, natural pigments and dyes on stretched cotton, 70 × 180 cm
ℐ𝓃 𝒶 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝒾𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓂, 2026, watercolour and gel medium on stretched cotton, 150 × 220 cm
𝒫𝓊𝓈𝒽 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓉, 2026, chalk pastel, pine resin, wax, iron, natural pigments and dyes on stretched cotton, 70 × 180 cm
𝒟𝓇𝒶𝑔 𝓂𝓎 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝒻𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈, 2026, watercolour and gel medium on stretched cotton, 150 × 220 cm
Photos by Sebastian Kissel

On view at the gallery

30/05/2026

𝒯𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓃𝑔𝓁𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒪 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓉𝒽

As if she were losing her essence ● Tearing red and silver ● Cutting a pathway through her ﬂesh ● Into her inner most being ● The moth buries itself inside its new home ● Like a parasite eating her raw ● An attempt to escape her bondaged mind ● Edging towards chaosmosis ● At the moment of atomic fusion ● Strands of silk rise from her scalp ● Interwoven in antennas ● Suffocating at the request of the wind ● Lines spiral across broken in verse ● Texture builds on frons ● Of chitin ● left illuminated
Through ocelli ●

1. The internal order of the home begins to collapse.
2. Thoughts multiply and fragment beyond control as the body metamorphoses.
3. The protagonist becomes increasingly permeable to external and non-human forces.

Act 2 from the expanded opera libretto by Ushara Dilrukshan

Salvage paper in sculptures and painting-collages by Anousha Payne (works in order of slides):
𝒯𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓅𝓊𝒹𝒹𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓇 (𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓉, 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉, 𝒻𝓊𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒), 2026, stoneware ceramic, salvage paper, glue, metal, LED, 60 × 70 × 90 cm
ℳ𝑜𝓉𝒽 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒹𝓎 (𝟹), 2026, chalk pastel, oil pastel, bio resin, pencil, salvage paper on cotton, 70 × 220 cm
ℳ𝑜𝓉𝒽 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒹𝓎 (𝟸), 2026, chalk pastel, oil pastel, bio resin, pencil, salvage paper on cotton, 90 × 100 cm
𝒜𝓂𝓂𝒶, 𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃, 2026, stoneware ceramic, paper, glue, bronze, wire, 90 × 50 × 40 cm
ℳ𝑜𝓉𝒽 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝒹𝓎 𝒹𝓇𝒶𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔, 2026, pencil, chalk pastel, oil pastel on salvage paper, 34 × 39 cm

On view at the gallery

29/05/2026

𝒯𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓃𝑔𝓁𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒪 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓉𝒽

Act 1

She had dreamed of a moth ● Living under the surface of her skin ● Flapping around in small tunnels ● In her arms and legs ● Reﬂecting off her dermis ● Their forewings engraving patterned thoughts into her being ● Their hindwing tracing the paths carved out from within the subcutaneous body ● Like a moth remembers its screeching scent from its previous form ● Tucked away in this little brick cocoon ● She wonders ● Will it be painful when her bones pupate ● Or will she be left crawling on her belly ●

1. The protagonist exists in a state of suspended agency.
2. Caught between external bodies, the boundary between self and environment begin to blur
3. Repetition replaces intention; time loses direction.

From the expanded opera libretto by

Anousha Payne, ℬ𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽 (𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝑜𝒹𝓎), 2026, Natural dyes, chalk pastel, iron, wax, and pine resin on stretched silk cotton, 120 × 280 cm | 47 1/4 × 110 1/4 in

On view at the gallery.

27/05/2026

Andrew Gilbert curated the show “Medea Serves Bowl of Burnt Broccoli” at Yuan Art Cave, Hangzhou, China, May 23 – July 4, 2026

with: Anne Döhr , Eat My Teeth (Din , Prot , Natt Nemesism) , Nik Fiend , Mark Freeth , Baoyi Fu , Andrew Gilbert , Joachim John (1933 - 2018) , Kataya , ELvira Kirchner , Jiayi Lin , Chonghua Lv , Kang Mao , Stani Nitkowski (1949 - 2001) , Elfriede Schade (1930 - 2015), Jürgen Schieferdecker (1937 - 2018) , Andi S*xgang , Yuan Zhang

Assistant curator:
opening concert: Bye Bye Fish

From the curatorial text:

French artist Jean Dubuffet proclaimed, to eat burnt broccoli is better than to eat fine cuisine broccoli, in other words, art should be pure, destroying the rational in the mind as the Goth tribes destroyed Rome in 410 AD and forever connecting the term Gothic in Europe with irrational and primitive forces.
[…]
The exhibition “Medea serves Bowl of Burnt Brocoli“ ,a mixture of museum ,temple and Heart of Darkness meets Caligari’s Cabinet, brings together paintings and drawings made by musicians of the original „Gothic scene“, Mark Freeth / Ausgang, Andi S*xGang / S*xGang Children (from the series „Embryo“ orignally exhibited at the British Library „Terror and Wonder – The Gothic Imagination“ London, 2014) and Nik Fiend/Alien S*x Fiend. Emerging from Poland „Eat My Teeth“ represent the new young underground Gothic energy with art made specifically for this exhibition. KangMao paintings , of the band Subs and ByeBye Fish, bring the punk influence on Gothic. Book covers, vinyl records, CDs, concert posters and Goth archive material are combined with young artists from China and Europe, whose work captures the expressionism and humour (often ignored) of Goth, the subversive and absurd as well as the dark , erotic and shamanic. Print art of the DDR further explores the themes of nuclear war and imperialsim, which lurk in the songs of the original 1980s Goth scene.

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15/05/2026

We are thrilled to open Triangle reshapes the O of my mouth, the new exhibition by , developed in close collaboration with (expanded opera and soundscape). Join us tonight for the opening performance by sonic performance artist and trained soprano Ushara, a one woman opera in 4 acts, starting at 7:30 (duration approx. 25min).
With concrete poetry by Kitty Doherty, as part of Various Others Munich 2026.

Opening Friday, May 15, 2026, 18–21 h
Performance (expanded opera by Ushara):
Friday 19:30 & Saturday 15:30

Various Others Opening Weekend:
Saturday, May 16, 11–18 h
Sunday, May 17, 11–16 h

Slide 1) exhibition view
Slide 2) Ushara
Slide 3) Anousha Payne, Holometabolism, 2026, ceramic, bronze, salvage metal and knit, wax, found plaster cast, paper pulp, 115 × 85 × 40 cm

Video by Anousha Payne
Photos by Dougal MacArthur

House construction by
Cello by

08/05/2026

𝒯𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓃𝑔𝓁𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒪 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓉𝒽
by , in collaboration with
concrete poetry by Kitty Doherty
As part of 2026

Opening Friday, May 15, 2026, 18–21 h
Performance (expanded opera by Ushara):
Friday 19:30 & Saturday 15:30

Various Others Opening Weekend:
Saturday, May 16, 11–18 h
Sunday, May 17, 11–16 h

Sperling presents Anousha Payne’s second exhibition in Munich, featuring a new collaboration with sound and performance artist Ushara. Expanding on Payne’s first exhibition at Sperling (at the former gallery location), the show combines sculpture, sound, and live performance to explore the ecology and psychology of the home.

Inspired in part by a concrete poem by Kitty Doherty (from which the title is borrowed), various short stories, as well as personal experiences, the house is used as a representation of patriarchal boundaries as the protagonist finds strength in the power to empathise with and eventually metamorphose into a moth in order to be liberated from her domestic routines.

Payne’s practice moves between personal experience, fiction, and myth, using assemblage, found objects, and cast bronze to question material hierarchies and cultural values. Ushara’s sound- and performance-based work adds poetry, field recordings, and bodily presence, intensifying the exhibition’s emotional and psychological atmosphere.

05/05/2026

This year, the office isn’t for working.  takes over the workspace - reconfigured through exhibitions, performances, music, and food.
Departments collapse into exhibitions. Meetings drift into performances. Workflows reroute into sound and gathering.
No desks. No deadlines.

Sperling is pleased to be part of Basel Social Club 2026: The Office 📍 Basel 📅 June 14–20
A multi-level program of exhibitions, performances, music and gastronomy set within a vacant office building in Basel.

On view:

More information coming soon.

30/04/2026

As the exhibition 𝒯𝑒𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓁 𝒟𝑒𝓉𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈 by Thomas Geiger ( ) concludes today, we would like to turn the attention on one of two current other projects by the artist, presented in Mannheim.

In Cartography of Grace, a solo exhibition at , curated by , Geiger inaugurated the institution’s new building. The exhibition centers on a sculpture by Fritz Klimsch, once listed among the N**i regime’s so-called “Gottbegnadeten” (God-gifted) artists. This figure becomes the focal point of a large-scale wall drawing that maps the personal, institutional, and aesthetic entanglements of artists associated with this list, tracing their influence into the present.

Photos by the artist

30/04/2026

As the exhibition 𝒯𝑒𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓁 𝒟𝑒𝓉𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈 by Thomas Geiger ( ) concludes today, attention turns to two current projects by the artist, presented in Mannheim and Bochum.

In Cartography of Grace, a solo exhibition at (Mannheim), curated by , Geiger inaugurated the institution’s new building. The exhibition centers on a sculpture by Fritz Klimsch, once listed among the N**i regime’s so-called “Gottbegnadeten” (God-gifted) artists. This figure becomes the focal point of a large-scale wall drawing that maps the personal, institutional, and aesthetic entanglements of artists associated with this list, tracing their influence into the present. A publication accompanies the exhibition.

At the same time, Geiger participates in Das Öffentliche Grün, a group exhibition at (until November 1, 2026), curated by Eva Busch. Marking the 150th anniversary of Bochum’s city park, the exhibition examines its social and historical layers. Within this context, Geiger presents a Bust Talk performance featuring "Turnvater" Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, whose shifting interpretations – from nationalist icon to social revolutionary –reflect how each era redefines historical figures.

23/04/2026

𝒯𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓃𝑔𝓁𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒽𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒪 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓉𝒽

By Anousha Payne, sound performance by Ushara, words by Kitty Doherty, as part of Various Others Munich 2026

Opening Friday, May 15, 2026, 18–21 h
Performance by Ushara, Friday 7:30 and Saturday 3:30
Various Others Opening Weekend: Sat, May 16: 11–18 h, Sun, May 17: 11–16 h

Sperling presents Anousha Payne’s second exhibition in Munich, featuring a new collaboration with sound and performance artist Ushara. Expanding on Payne’s earlier exhibition at Sperling’s former venue at Regerplatz, the show combines sculpture, sound, and live performance to explore the ecology and psychology of the home. Inspired in part by Kitty Doherty’s concrete poem (from which the title is borrowed), various short stories, as well as personal experiences, it unfolds a narrative of growing anxiety as a protagonist becomes trapped within her domestic space, shaped by encounters with non-human presences. Payne’s practice moves between personal experience, fiction, and myth, using assemblage, found objects, and cast bronze to question material hierarchies and cultural values. Ushara’s sound- and performance-based work adds poetry, field recordings, and bodily presence, intensifying the exhibition’s emotional and psychological atmosphere.

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