The Intensity of Softness. Jimmy Robert & Franz Erhard Walther, curated by François Piron, opens 29 March at Villa FEW, Fulda, Germany.
The exhibition takes its title from a shared materiality — the choice by both artists to work with soft, permeable, metamorphic materials such as fabric and paper: materials that hug the contours of the body yet allow movement, solid in appearance yet woven, and tied to the textual. The Intensity of Softness traces a trajectory between both practices, pointing to a common strategy that requires determination and openness — an embrace of uncertainty and the unknown.
The exhibition presents an exchange between the two artists: Franz Erhard Walther has conceived a coat element for Jimmy Robert, prompting a new performance to be staged publicly on the opening day, with a film of the piece screened throughout the exhibition.
Also on view is Éclipse, the video work by Jimmy Robert that had its world premiere at Barakat Contemporary, Seoul, last year.
Villa FEW, Paulustor 4, Fulda, Germany
From 29 March 2026
The exhibition takes its title from a shared materiality — the choice by both artists to work with soft, permeable, metamorphic materials such as fabric and paper: materials that hug the contours of the body yet allow movement, solid in appearance yet woven, and tied to the textual. The Intensity of Softness traces a trajectory between both practices, pointing to a common strategy that requires determination and openness — an embrace of uncertainty and the unknown.
The exhibition presents an exchange between the two artists: Franz Erhard Walther has conceived a coat element for Jimmy Robert, prompting a new performance to be staged publicly on the opening day, with a film of the piece screened throughout the exhibition.
Also on view is Éclipse, the video work by Jimmy Robert that had its world premiere at Barakat Contemporary, Seoul, last year.
Villa FEW, Paulustor 4, Fulda, Germany
From 29 March 2026
March 24, 2026
