Anousha Payne: Triangle reshapes the O of my mouth
16.05.2026–27.06.2026
In collaboration with Ushara, concrete poetry by Kitty Doherty, as part of Various Others Munich 2026
Opening Friday, May 15, 2026, 18–21 h
Performance by Ushara, Friday 19:30 and Saturday 15:30
Various Others Opening Weekend: Sat: 11–18 h, Sun: 11–16 h
Sperling presents Anousha Payne’s second exhibition in Munich, featuring a new collaboration with sound and performance artist Ushara. Expanding on Payne’s first exhibition at Sperling (at the former gallery location), the show combines sculpture, sound, and live performance to explore the ecology and psychology of the home.
Inspired in part by a concrete poem by Kitty Doherty (from which the title is borrowed), various short stories, as well as personal experiences, the house is used as a representation of patriarchal boundaries as the protagonist finds strength in the power to empathise with and eventually metamorphose into a moth in order to be liberated from her domestic constraints.
Payne’s practice moves between personal experience, fiction, and myth, using assemblage, found objects, and cast bronze to question material hierarchies and cultural values. Ushara’s sound- and performance-based work adds poetry, field recordings, and bodily presence, intensifying the exhibition’s emotional and psychological atmosphere.