I am serious about not being serious
Elliott Erwitt - Photography
8 May to 11 September 2011
 

The Ludwig Galerie shows an overview of the work of the celebrated Magnum photographer born in 1928. Dogs and children, groups, naked people, museums and landscapes; nobody is safe from his tongue-in-cheek, humorous angle of vision.
"I am serious about not being serious" states Erwitt about himself. People and animals are the focus of his work. His travels took him all over the world, and the documentary photos still characterise our view of historical occurrences to the present day.
Represented at Edward Steichen's legendary photography exhibition The Family of Man in 1955 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the American with Russian parentage also influenced fashion and advertising photography in addition to creative photography and numerous documentary reports.
In cooperation with Magnum Photos.

Artefact und Wonder of Nature
The Leuchterweibchen from the Ludwig Collection
6 February to 17 April 2011
 

The so-called Leuchter- or Lüsterweibchen from the Peter and Irene Ludwig Collection is the centre of focus of this very high quality one-room exhibition. Assumed to have been created around 1540 in Northern Switzerland, the piece stems either from the Rapperswil Town Hall or else once hung in the residency of Thüring Göldlin and Margareta Muntprat, the original commissioners. Surrounded by the proud antlers of a stag of fourteen points, the figure bears the coat of arms of the pair.
Many loans in the form of further Leuchterweibchen, sculptures, paintings and graphic works serve to illustrate the context of the piece and elaborate the unique dual structure of both art and proximity to nature that characterises this highly wondrous genre.

Janosch
Panama and Other Worlds
26th September 2010 to 9th January 2011
 

Janosch is one of the most popular and best known picture book illustrators in Germany. With over 300 published childrens' books, both young and old people are on intimate terms with his tigers, lions and bears. He tames these beasts of the wild, transforming them into appealing animals for home and hearth. Tiger and Bear have not only shown us that Panama can be found on our own doorsteps, but also how important friendship is.

In an extensive exhibition encompassing many more than 130 works, the Ludwig Galerie presents the graphic artist with original watercolours, gouache paintings and drawings. The designs show just how tightly knit images are with their accompanying narrative. In this way grown-ups are given an insight into the artistic processes of the internationally renowned childrens' author equipped with a magically creative pencil, and children are cast adrift into the wonderful storyteller's world of fantasy.