Deborah Schamoni

Deborah Schamoni presents a curated dialogue between Maria VMier and Nicole Wermers—two artists whose practices diverge formally yet converge through subversive strategies grounded in feminist positions.

Nicole Wermers is among the most influential sculptors of her generation. Her work operates through fragile, precisely articulated disruptions that probe contemporary sculpture. Positioned between fine and applied art, her sculptures expose social and aesthetic codes embedded in everyday objects and hierarchies of materials.

Painting lies at the core of Maria VMier’s practice, evolving from writing gestures, from an intricate and idiosyncratic mark-making, to complex formations that seem to be constantly in motion. For VMier, painting is less a place of reification or expression, but a practice of research, experience and (un)learning.

The presentation brings together new works by both artists. Wermers’ Three Fainters on Posh Crisps—assemblages of reclining clay figures placed on luxury snack packaging—are installed in front of a ten-meter-long drawing by VMier, unfolding smoky black surfaces intersected by luminous blue curves. The extreme contrast between the two bodies of work intensifies their spatial presence.