Friedel & Gisela Bohnenkamp Foundation supports
"You can only make paradises yourself"
Exhibition of selected works by Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Bright colors, curved lines, fairy-tale architecture - Friedensreich Hundertwasser stands for a vision that aims to bring nature, art and people into harmony. The artist wants to open people up to beauty, activate their creative abilities and raise awareness of nature and the need to protect it. The exhibition "Friedensreich Hundertwasser - You can only make paradises yourself" at the Museumsquartier Osnabrück focuses on the aspect of "opening up": In a cosmos of graphics, architectural models, original posters, photographs, book objects and film material, visitors are sensitized to perception through Hundertwasser's art and prompted to reflect with questions from his world of thought and creation.
The extensive program accompanying the exhibition invites all interested parties to build insect hotels, climbing aids or mini compost systems for home use, for example in cooperation with the Osnabrück Environmental Education Centre, Museum am Schölerberg. School classes can choose from various offers: The "Hundertwasser mobile" - an adventure box about Friedensreich Hundertwasser and his ship "Regentag" - visits the pupils at school; the "interactive tour" lets them discover and experience the exhibition for themselves on site. In the "workshop offers", pupils work together with specialists from various fields on different topics: Under the title "Back to Nature", there is a workshop in which they build their own seed bombs; in "Sustainable Building", participants take Hundertwasser's architecture as a basis; environmental posters are designed in "Peace with Nature" and Hundertwasser's pictures are brought to life in "Dream Stories".
On their own or together with their parents, children discover the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser in the exhibition rally. In a short introductory text and through small puzzles and tasks, children and adults learn more about the artist's life and work in a playful way. The family exhibition "Friedensreich Hundertwasser - You can only make paradises yourself" encourages children to follow Hundertwasser's appeal for creative work and thinking. His impulse forms a central guiding principle:
"Why not let the children paint their figures on the sidewalk and draw their lines on the walls and walls of the streets? ... Let the children speak! ...".
EXPERT:INNENKLASSEN - YOU CAN ONLY MAKE PARADISE YOURSELF
Art project in collaboration with the 3rd grade of Altstädter Grundschule and the 6th grade of Gymnasium Oesede
Following Hundertwasser's philosophy, the pupils focused on the relationship between humans and nature. Inspired by his credo "You can only make paradises yourself", they set out in search of their own utopias. The 6th graders approached the topic from a figurative perspective, detached themselves from it and found new paradises in color and form. Their leaves for the tree arose from the questions: How do we want to live? How do we design our paradises? Year 3 gave free rein to their imagination. They explored a possible coexistence of humans and nature, in which trees grow everywhere and the improbable becomes reality. The leaves designed by the pupils are also part of this exhibition - impulses for a new view of our world.
Mediation: Adriana Martins Mota
