LAYERS II at the vhs Fürth: Skateboard Decks as Contemporary Sculptures


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LAYERS II: When Skateboard Decks Become Sculptural Picture Spaces
The exhibition LAYERS II at the Volkshochschule Fürth presents works by beks. alias Nadja Birner. Under the guiding principle Old decks, new tricks, the artist transforms used skateboard decks into flat sculptures, whose iconic silhouette largely remains preserved. The art experience moves between pop art, craftsmanship, and street culture and offers an unusual perspective on material, signs of use, and visual memory.
Used Boards as Artistic Raw Material
At the beginning of the work's observation stands the skateboard as a familiar object of everyday and youth culture. Saws, milling, and sanding reveal colored wood layers and turn the former sports equipment into relief-like picture bodies. Each processing alters the surface, without completely erasing the origin of the material. The traces of use and wear remain visible and become an essential part of the composition.
Between Pop Art, Craftsmanship, and Street Culture
The works of beks. connect the directness of street culture with a precise handcrafted language of forms. Lines, color fields, and layering emerge from the wood, creating a special spatial effect. The aesthetic experience arises from the interplay of flat sculpture and painterly surface: The eye reads the works simultaneously as image, object, and fragment of an urban living environment.
Humor, Play, and Irritation
Humor and play shape the exhibition as well as moments of irritation. Traces of use often dictate direction and motif, while titles and series names refer to terms from skate jargon. This creates additional layers of meaning that promote open, curious observation. The curation makes visible how a functional object becomes an independent artwork with a cultural biography.
Cultural Education Through Detailed Work Observation
LAYERS II invites you to think about material cycles, urban image culture, and the boundaries between applied craftsmanship and contemporary art. The exhibition conveys art-historical contexts not through distance but through immediate observation: wood, color, relief, and form become starting points for a sensual and at the same time analytical engagement. Particularly intriguing is the question of what stories live on in scratches, notches, and exposed color layers.
Conclusion: An Unusual Art Experience in Fürth
Visitors can expect a concentrated exhibition on transformation, memory, and urban aesthetics. LAYERS II shows how poetic and humorous sculptures arise from used skateboard decks. Those who want to experience pop art, street art, material art, and contemporary object art up close will discover an exhibition with its own distinctive handwriting at the vhs Fürth. A visit enriches cultural education and opens up an immediately sensuous aesthetic experience.
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