EXHIBITIONS

Exhibitions 2009

Loriot. An Homage
Vicco von Bülow for his 85th Birthday

November 6, 2008 to April 13, 2009

 

For fifty years now, Vicco von Bülow has influenced everyday life and culture in Germany like no other. Under the pseudonym Loriot, he has written his way into people’s lives and hearts with his drawings, prose, and lyrics, his plays and speeches, and, in particular, his TV sketches (1967 to 2003).

He has repeatedly examined three topics in this work: the lack of communicative skills in modern society (especially between men and women), the relationship between human beings and animals, and the question of what our lives have or may have to do with the achievements of so-called high culture: the fine arts – in particular music, literature, and painting.

The exhibition took up all these topics, and presented them over three floors. It attempted to reveal what is so special about Loriot’s humor. To do so, the exhibition also looked, quasi, over his shoulder during the creative process, and thus showed the precision and perfection with which he proceeds. Moreover, the exhibition demonstrated how the artist’s extraordinary life and worldview are inseparably connected with the seemingly unspectacular lives of his fellow beings. He is never spiteful and never gloats, but instead has a sharp eye for the tragicomic aspects of life, and the chaos lurking behind all efforts to order the world. Last but not least, the exhibition accompanied Loriot on his excursions into the worlds of cinema, opera, and classical music.

 

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