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Old Town Hall range from politics to slapstick and make many a smile.”/>Beer only from 16? The young man takes 16: The caricatures in the Old Town Hall range from politics to slapstick and make many a smile. © Repro: Dagmar Rutt
Gräfelfinger Kunstkreis opens caricature exhibition on Thursday
The Gräfelfing Art Circle’s high standards for itself are to regularly curate not only sophisticated, but also surprising, different, original exhibitions – from “Art in the Gravel” with sculptures between gravel dumps and wheel loaders to the world-famous hidden object pictures by James Rizzi in the exposed concrete town hall. Now the ladies on the art circle board have done it again. They invite you to the vernissage on Thursday, November 7th at 6 p.m., this time in the Old Town Hall. Theme and title of the very colorful exhibition: “Caricature – The Art of Satire”.
First chairwoman Kathrin Fritsche, who comes from the Frankfurt area, came across a caricature exhibition in her old home that she was fascinated by. “I immediately asked if we could borrow the show. The answer was yes,” she says in the Merkur interview. What’s more: Even the Caricatura Museum Frankfurt released works on loan from the late, famous caricaturist POLO (Andre Poloczek), which – unlike the majority of the works in the exhibition – are not for sale. The more text-heavy, political cartoons that Greser&Lenz have published in the FAZ over the years also fall into the former category.
Overall, the exhibition shows the works of 13 artists, which are very different in terms of technique, subject matter, humor and artistic form. The more than 100 works hang on three levels in the beautiful Old Town Hall. Disadvantage: The art group has to share the attic room with users such as the after-school care center and the Stockdorf brass band and therefore has to hang its works there every Thursday afternoon and hang out again on Sunday evening.
Overall, this exhibition pushed the art circle and its hard-working members to their limits, despite all their enthusiasm, as Kathrin Fritsche admits. Because the authors of caricatures and cartoons are not used to hanging their works themselves. Therefore, the art group had to take care of frames, prints (many of the caricatures are created digitally), arrangement and hanging.
But by far the joy of having managed this special exhibition outweighs everything. “We are very pleased that we were able to attract many prominent cartoonists who are known for their contributions in major daily and weekly newspapers, satirical magazines, book publications, and film and television appearances,” writes the art circle in a press release. And further: “Caricatures and cartoons can tackle serious topics with ease, put their finger on social wounds and stimulate thought and dialogue. They have the potential to completely reorient our view of the seemingly insoluble. These aspects come into play in the consistently current and sometimes timeless works in the exhibition.”
The supporting program includes a workshop for children and young people with Peter Butschkow, in collaboration with the School of Fantasy, on Thursday, November 21st, at 4 p.m. The caricaturist will also present the cartoon show “The older you get, the funnier the others get” at the exhibition venue on Friday, November 22nd at 6 p.m. in collaboration with the Literary Society. The exhibition runs until December 1st and is open Thursday to Sunday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.