From her earliest paintings and the installation "Das Schachspiel" (The Chess Game, 2008), references to chess have been a recurring theme in Hildebrandt’s work. They most often appear through the direct use of chessboards or chess pieces, particularly pawns.
"The Rider" (2022) is part of a series of bronze sculptures that Hildebrandt began in 2020, in which chess pieces are enlarged on a grand scale, transforming into autonomous sculptural forms with abstract geometric volumes.
2024
"Nah am Wasser" (Built on the Water), Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany (another version exhibited)
2022
"A Blink of an Eye and the Years Are Behind Us", Kunsthalle Praha, Czech Republic (another version exhibited)