Ulrike Mohr works with charcoal, carbonizing found objects, branches, and fragments to create forms that carry the collective memory of their place. In her large-scale spatial drawings, entire trees and natural elements appear timeless, floating in expansive, immersive spaces. For this gallery presentation, these compositions are distilled into smaller, intimate wall works. Here, the black charcoal pieces form lines that resemble texts or musical compositions, each arranged according to their own logic, piece by piece, much like words inscribed on a page.

Guided by the concept of meshwork, Mohr treats life and matter as lines in continuous becoming. Knots emerge at intersections, yet each line remains open, attentive to its surroundings. Material, gesture, and form are inseparable: knotting, assembling, and drawing are acts of correspondence with other beings and presences, human and non-human alike.

The resulting works are at once fragile and enduring, small objects that carry expansive temporal and spatial histories, inviting viewers to trace the textures, lines, and entangled paths that connect us to the world.

In this context, “Hollow” signifies not only physical emptiness, but also poetic, spatial, and temporal depth. It draws attention to the charcoal lines, sticks, and carbonized objects that make up the works. Traces of memory and material shaped through attentive making. In Abacus, Palm, and Intertwined, these hollow spaces allow forms to emerge according to their own logic, reflecting the idea of meshwork described by Tim Ingold: life and matter as interwoven lines in continuous becoming, entangled across past, present, and future.

„Hollow“ with Iris Dittler, Ulrike Mohr, Céline Struger and Hamid Yaraghchi
at Galerie Peter Gaugy | Brussels
21 January 2026 – 27 March 2026, Rue de l’Abbaye 8 Abdijstraat, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Abb.1, Moiré, 2025 four-part composition,carbonized Mikado sticks, thread 60 x 45 x 40 cm
Abb.2, Palm, 2025 carbonized palm rachis from La Palma, thread 59 x 54 cm
Abb.3, Abacus, 2025 carbonized willow branches, thread 45 x 29