The Hand Knows What the Mind Forgets is an exhibition of jewelry and sculpture by Berlin-based artist and musician Sergei Kurek, opening during Sellerie Weekend 2026. The title takes its cue from the way Kurek works: intuitively, bodily, without a predetermined concept. He picks up a spring, a screw, a metal hose, and something in the handling tells him what it wants to become. When the piece is finished, he shows it to someone. If they smile, he knows it is done.

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Kurek is a rock musician and maker whose practice moves fluidly between sound, sculpture, and jewelry. Working from found hardware - springs, bolts, plumbing fittings, electrical components - he assembles objects that carry the aesthetic of the music he makes: loose, cool, a little dangerous, and consistently beautiful. The type of jewelry he produces - the handmade talisman, the biker's ring, the punk collar -  come to life on the body and always say something about the person wearing them.