A House the Size of a Shell brings together artists who use small-scale formats to create concentrated, self-contained scenes. Taking its title from the writer Gaston Bachelard, the exhibition explores how small spaces can hold entire worlds of memory and imagination. These works operate at a scale that invites proximity and careful looking. In miniature, details become heightened: a gesture, a sur-face, the relationship between one object and another. The viewer is asked to adjust their pace, to come nearer, to look longer.
The small becomes a tool for intimacy and for holding complexity in a contained space. As Susan Sontag observed, we are drawn to the miniature as a way of keeping something close as a form of attachment, a wish to stay near. These works propose that the world can be assembled from fragments, that vastness can be felt in something that fits in the palm of a hand.
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Lisa BraidZumindest versunken mit den hasenzwillingen, Springmaus ruht sich aus auf meinem Herz. Ich Lächle, 2025oil on canvas20 x 30 cm
7 7/8 x 11 3/4 in -
Lisa Braidin this together (No. 2), 2025oil on canvas21 x 18 x 4 cm
8 1/4 x 7 1/8 x 1 5/8 in -
Lisa Braidin this together (No.1), 2025oil on canvas21 x 18 x 4 cm
8 1/4 x 7 1/8 x 1 5/8 in -
ChunUntitled, 2026embroidery on patent leathereach 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 in)
12 works available, each €300 -
Magdalena HerzogLove me not, 2026oil on canvas22 x 18 cm
8 5/8 x 7 1/8 in -
Magdalena HerzogPlain sight, 2026oil on canvas22 x 18 cm
8 5/8 x 7 1/8 in -
Magdalena HerzogUntitled, 2025oil on canvas19 x 24 cm
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in -
Magdalena HerzogUntitled (washed out), 2026oil on canvas18 x 14 cm
7 1/8 x 5 1/2 in -
Alina KunitsynaTempo 1, 2026ink on paper15 x 15 cm
5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in -
Alina KunitsynaTempo 2, 2026ink on paper15 x 15 cm
5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in -
Alina KunitsynaTempo 3, 2026ink on paper15 x 15 cm
5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in -
Chris OhClaw, 2026acrylic on chicken egg with antique metal egg cup11.4 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm; 4 1/2 x 2 x 2 in
glass dome with wooden base: 10.2 x 17.8 cm (4 x 7 in) -
Chris OhGourd, 2026acrylic on turkey egg with antique metal candleholder19 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm; 7 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in
glass dome with wooden base 25.4 x 14 cm 10 x 5 1/2 in -
Chris OhReef, 2026acrylic on abalone shell16.2 x 12 x 5.1 cm
6 3/8 x 5 x 2 in -
Maximilian Prüfer01_001, 2026Naturantypie on Paper14 x 19 x 2 cm
5 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 3/4 in -
Maximilian PrüferRainpicture 01_002, 2026Naturantypie on Paper17 x 17 x 2 cm
6 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 3/4 in -
Zayn QahtaniAnd Still I Breathe, 2026chrome gilt polylactide, earth pigments, abalone shell, rubies, found object, watercolour, colour pencil, recycled cotton paper31.5 x 24 x 2.5 cm
12 3/8 x 9 1/2 x 1 in -
Julia SzczerbowskaSomething not happening, 2025Oil on canvas7 x 10 cm
2 3/4 x 4 in -
Julia SzczerbowskaBalancing, 2025oil on canvas10 x 15 cm
4 x 5 7/8 in -
Julia SzczerbowskaUntitled, 2025oil on canvas18 x 15 cm
7 1/8 x 5 7/8 in -
Julia SzczerbowskaPeeling grapes (bitterness), 2025oil on canvas18 x 20 cm
7 1/8 x 7 7/8 in -
Curtis Talwst SantiagoBashment Sweat, Red light Fete, 2026Mixed media in reclaimed jewelry box, single-channel audio file (digital), Arduino, artist made speaker13.5 x 9.5 x 10 cm (jewellery box)
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Curtis Talwst SantiagoCandy Flip, 2026Mixed media in reclaimed jewellery box, single-channel audio file (digital), Arduino, artist made speaker15.5 x 15.5 x 12 cm (jewellery box)
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Leonard ŽelezoAdonis, 2025pencil on paper12 x 10 cm
4 3/4 x 4 in
