Tobias Putrih: Studio at Neuberger
ON VIEW: January 21 - May 17, 2026
In Studio at Neuberger, artist Tobias Putrih invites visitors to “construct and deconstruct almost everything they encounter.”
The Studio series comprises systems of modular plywood shapes that can be slotted together to “construct functional furniture as well as semi-functional and non-functional objects.” The zagging, curving planks challenge visitors to balance structural foundations with sculptural flares and flights.
This tentative balance between the stable and the dynamic, the manufactured and the organic, systems and imagination emerges from Putrih’s background, having studied mathematics and physics in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before becoming an artist and reflecting on these formative experiences.
“Such entropy fascinates me. Every utopia anticipates a possible meltdown.“
Tobias Putrih: Studio at Neuberger is organized by the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY, and curated by Jacqueline Shilkoff, Curator of New Media and Director of Digital Initiatives. Generous support is provided by the Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art.
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