SECRIST | BEACH is pleased to announce our representation of, and the debut solo presentation for, Chicago-based artist collaborative Luftwerk. The Sun Standing Still features a suite of new sculptures, wall reliefs, and a site-specific installation by Luftwerk that investigate the dynamic interplay between sunlight and the Earth’s revolution. This exhibition is presented concurrently with Luminous Matter, an invitational survey co-organized with Luftwerk and featuring 8 artists, from December 12, 2025 - February 28, 2026 at SECRIST | BEACH.
The time before and after daylight, when everything appears muted yet quietly spectacular, reveals a distinct and transitory palette. Capturing the fleeting and subjective perception of light and atmosphere, the works on view in The Sun Standing Still explore how color, devoid of literal representation, can evoke emotional and sensory responses.
Luftwerk, the Chicago-based artistic duo of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero, develops spatial experiences mined from the creative possibilities of nature, data, and the built environment. Their installations, site-specific interventions, and artwork create a tangible exploratory experience, swathed in the simplicity of light, color, and shape. Each project of the duo builds and expands the body of work — the relationships between material and context that inform the experience of space, architecture, and landscape. The work is at once beautifully reflective of its site and also part of a greater understanding at the core of Luftwerk’s practice.
The catalogue for The Sun Standing Still features an essay by Giovanni Aloi’s inspired by his visit to the exhibition and discussions with Luftwerk.
The Sun Standing Still marks Luftwerk’s first solo exhibition with SECRIST | BEACH and was presented concurrently with Luminous Matter, a survey of artworks that examine the interdependent and generative relationship between three elemental constituents of visual experience: color, light, and form.
