LUDWIG CHARTS 2.0: worldwide – borderless – reimagined

11 December 2020

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Cologne,
Budapest, Saint Petersburg! Sounds almost like an advertising poster for a
international fashion store. But the 12- to 14-year-old students of the
Theodor-Heuss-Realschule in Oberhausen are not on a shopping trip,
but virtually traveling through the collections of the Ludwig Museums worldwide.

Oliver, in the background Karim doing research, photo: Ursula Bendorf-Depenbrock

(The photos were taken before the current closures and hygiene restrictions)

Reethana chooses her LUDWIGs, Photo: Ursula Bendorf-Depenbrock

The
“Exkursion” is part of the popular project "LUDWIG CHARTS", where children and
Young people have been coming to the LUDWIGGALERIE Schloss Oberhausen for many years,
to select their TOP10 favorite works in the exhibitions.
The dedicated museum educators not only guide the kids through play
art and culture, but also strengthen self-confidence and
Media competence of the participants through speaking training and presentations in front of
Audience.

Exploring the surroundings, Photo: Ursula Bendorf-Depenbrock

"The
Project is so popular at the schools in the area that we are getting more and more
registrations than places,” explains museum educator Ursula
Bendorf-Depenbrock. And although the "LUDWIG CHARTS" are so successful,
Bendorf-Depenbrock and her colleague Sabine Falkenbach never looked at the colorful
“This time we wanted to go even further and not only
the TOP10 of the current exhibition in the LUDWIGGALERIE, but the
TOP10 of all Ludwig houses in the whole world,” describes Sabine Falkenbach
the vision at the very beginning of the project.  

"LUDWIG CHARTS 2.0" – The entire team was
immediately enthusiastic.

Now
First of all, you have to know that the LUDWIGGALERIE in Oberhausen Castle
is not the only museum that exhibits works from the large collection of Peter and
Irene Ludwig shows. There are 14 Ludwig museums around the globe. From Cologne to
Aachen, from Vienna to Budapest, from Saint Petersburg to Beijing. This is for the
Of course, this is exciting for the young people at the Theodor-Heuss-Realschule. “Of course we can
now not just travel to Russia or China,” jokes Ursula
Bendorf-Depenbrock. “But we have internet, mobile phones and the large book depot
in Oberhausen Castle."

Inspire young people
for art – a success!

Four
The kids then dive right in, sniffing through picture books of past
Exhibitions, researching on the computer at school; thinking, discussing,
to press.

"Wow,
That’s quite a lot of art,” Leon marvels as he looks through the pages of
various paintings and sculptures. Not as boring as
Math or chemistry, where one or the other sometimes looks pensively out of the window
and prefers to think about the weekend. Kayra is so engrossed in his
Research that he hardly notices anything around him anymore.

Kayra is engrossed in his research, Photo: Ursula Bendorf-Depenbrock

(The photos were taken before the current closures and hygiene restrictions)

Filip prints out his selection, photo: Ursula Bendorf-Depenbrock

"It
It is great for us to see how young people who otherwise have little interest in art and whose hobby is not exactly research, suddenly blossom,
become curious, ask questions, debate."

Barbara
Grubenbecher from "LUDWIG CHARTS"team helps the kids to deal with the many thoughts
sort and articulate at the end. Because the TOP10 of all works of art
will be presented in a folding storytelling theatre. An exhibition
in miniature format, curated by the students of the Theodor-Heuss-Realschule.
without barriers to thought, high culture and shyness

Louis and Karim curate for the “Kamishibai” (mini museum walls), photo: Ursula Bendorf-Depenbrock

Selina and Lucy present to the group, Photo: Ursula Bendorf-Depenbrock

final presentation
the LUDWIG CHARTS 2.0 under difficult conditions

"It
It is important to us that it is not rigid and like in class,” explains
Ursula Bendorf-Depenbrock. “We want the children to try out, be creative
are, formulate their own ideas, laugh, experience art in their own way and
discover."

So
During the break there is also the running gag of “Team Banana”, which makes it to
Tradition makes it a habit to eat bananas every time we have dessert.

“Team Banana” with corresponding shirts, photo: Ursula Bendorf-Depenbrock

The
Project completion including presentation will take place due to the current
Corona situation in the school premises and unfortunately without parents,
siblings and friends.

Nonetheless:
As always, photographer Axel Scherer took strong portraits of the participants
and media man Kevin Casper sets up a professional projector show.

"It
was incredibly fun,” explains student Selina. “I learned so much
about art like never before in my life and I am really proud
on what we have accomplished."

Ursula
Bendorf-Depenbrock and Sabine Falkenbach smile in the background. I wonder if they
come up with something new for the "LUDWIG CHARTS"?

 

Over the Sammlung
Ludwig and the Ludwig Museums Worldwide

The
Collector couple Peter and Irene Ludwig began collecting art during their student days.
to collect. The two have not only specialized in one genre.
Sculptures, paintings, tiles and ceramics – everything is there. From the
Greek antiquity through the Baroque to American Pop Art.
Today, after the couple’s death, the collection includes thousands of objects that
in the Ludwig Museums worldwide in ever new, thematic exhibitions
to be shown.

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