Ihr beide
In the exhibited work “Ihr beide”, the artist transforms human limbs into sign symbols. The two gestural hand formations are excessively elongated and placed on poles like signs. However, the hands that emerge from the overlong arms point in different directions and therefore do not correspond to the usual signage systems and pictograms in public spaces. Instead, they enter into a playful dialog with each other and do not give the viewer a fixed direction, but rather release them into their own responsibility.
Text: Kunstkreis Gräfelfing
Like two signposts, the two oversized, bright yellow forearms with hands on them push themselves into the viewer’s field of vision as they pass the square in front of the town hall in Gräfelfing. The index finger on one hand warns, the other hand points downwards - should you bend here? Watch out carefully? Or is it best to take a different direction? The searching human being is the theme that Berlin-based artist Sophie Aigner explores time and again; the human body is her playground. [...] The clay limbs, embedded with arcyl and stone wax, will irritate passers-by, make them think and, in the best case, inspire them to take new, exciting paths.
Text: Annette Jäger, translation: Sophie Aigner, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 26. Mai 2025
