Fleischeslust

Berlin Mehringdamn

Mar 6, 2025

Albrecht/Wilke & Dominika Bednarsky

Come and satisfy your hunger for meat, your desire for flesh, and explore the boundaries between pleasure, sexual lust, and transience. The artist duo Albrecht/Wilke and Dominika Bednarsky both reflect on the sensual dimension of human flesh and animal meat. Their works engage in a humorous dialogue between the grotesque and the fragile, between pleasure and exploitation, oppression and submission, illuminating the theme in different yet complementary ways.

Albrecht/Wilke often work with grotesque, sometimes surreal depictions of the human body, as well as Germany's meat-centric culture, revealing connections between flesh, physical limitations, and consumer culture. Their works can be understood as an ironic exploration of bodily pleasure. Dominika Bednarsky, on the other hand, employs organic forms in her ceramic sculptures, demonstrating a similar sensitivity to corporeality and materiality. Her works, often reminiscent of body parts or scraps of meat, highlight the delicate yet brutal aspects of flesh.

The connection between these artists is established through their shared exploration of meat—whether in the form of minced meat or anal plugs—and the themes of pleasure and transience. Both reflect on the sensual dimension of flesh and pose the question of how humans navigate their desires for both pleasure and destruction.

Albrecht/Wilke is a Berlin-based artist duo composed of Tim Albrecht and Hannes Wilke. They have collaborated since 2016 after completing their fine arts education at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HBK) Braunschweig and later earning their Master of Fine Arts at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HFBK) Hamburg under Professor Anselm Reyle.

Their work is known for its satirical and ironic take on German middle-class culture, blending figurative and abstract elements with influences from pop culture, the internet, and art history. Their multimedia approach includes traditional oil painting, airbrushing, embroidery on canvas, and watercolors, often incorporating mundane yet symbolic objects such as garden gnomes, mini golf courses, and traditional German foods. Their art frequently engages with nostalgia, humor, and surrealism, challenging aesthetic conventions while offering an ironic reflection on contemporary German identity.

Exhibiting internationally, Albrecht/Wilke have showcased their work at venues such as feinkunst e.V., Sprengel Museum Hannover, Kunstverein Arnsberg and Neuer Aachener Kunstverein. They have also received multiple grants, including funding from the Berlin Project Fund Urban Practice and the Kunze Art Foundation.

Dominika Bednarsky is a visual artist known for her unique ceramic sculptures that explore themes of nature, the human body, and humor. She studied Fine Art at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach am Main and currently lives and works in Berlin.

Bednarsky's work often plays with the grotesque and absurd, transforming everyday motifs—such as trophies, body parts, and organic forms—into unsettling yet humorous ceramic pieces. Her sculptures challenge conventional ideas of beauty, value, and recognition by presenting exaggerated or unconventional subject matter, such as chalices adorned with Q-tips, pimpled surfaces, or tufts of hair.

She has exhibited widely, with solo shows including Pussy-Cat, Pussy-Cat, Where Have You Been? at CK Offspace in Leipzig, A Sitting and A Slurping and A Spitting and A Thinking at 1822 Forum in Frankfurt, and Snap Competition at Opelvillen in Rüsselsheim. Her work has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions across Germany, Austria, and Portugal.