ART ABOUT SHOES – From poulaine to sneaker

HEINER MEYER – German Pop Art in stiletto format

17.1. - 24.5.2021

The shoe is one of the pieces of clothing that has always moved people. Not only means against cold and heat, injury and dirt, the shoe is above all projection surface for social position, that "go through the world" and of course erotic fantasies. From antiquity to contemporary works, from the Middle Ages to Allen Jones, the range of often unusual art representations of human footwear in this exhibition ranges. The absence of the shoe, the imprint of the shoe and the symbolic meaning of the shoe are also presented in artistic expressions. A separate area is dedicated to the red shoe.
As an "exhibition in the exhibition" a special focus is on the artistic work of Heiner Meyer. Shoes will also be found here – especially sexy high heels. But his superheroes from the world of comics, his transformations from the world of advertising, his quotes from American pop art and all the glamorous things that make up the dazzling work of this multi-layered artist also show strong positions of German Pop Art.

The Robber Hotzenplotz, Krabat and The Little Witch

Otfried Preußler – storyteller and creator of figures

13.09.2020 bis 10.01.2021

Otfried Preußler (1923-2013) is one of the most important and influential German authors of books for children and young people. As well as the fantastical, fairytale-like stories he related so skilfully, it is also the striking illustrations that have inscribed themselves into the collective memory of several generations. The little ghost that turns black in daylight, the one hundred and twenty-seven year-young witch and the Little Water-Sprite living at the mill pond still make their way into many children's rooms to this day.

Various illustrators have given the figures their characteristic and unmistakable look. The drawings of Franz Josef Tripp who gave the Robber Hotzenplotz his highly distinctive appearance are particularly well known. The exhibition also illuminates Preußler's curiously novel word creations. Muhme Rumpumpel, Hörbe and his friend Zwottel are distinguished by their high recognition value, both linguistically and figuratively. Preußler's adaptation of the Sorbian saga Krabat was successfully filmed in 2008 and is only one example of the successful transfer of his stories into other media.