Timm Rautert and Ute Eskilden visit Leipzig in the autumn of 1972. Together they roam the socialist metropolis with their cameras and develop an eye for the juxtaposition of modernity and crumbling buildings and for the peculiar stillness of even lively places.
Over 80 exhibitors from the fields of jewellery, ceramics, glass, metal, paper and toys will once again be presenting their unique pieces and small series this year.
The exhibition traces artistic developments from 1946 to the present day and explores the aesthetic dichotomies of the ceramic works, their strength of form and beauty of glaze. In doing so, it repeatedly explores the relationship between vessel and sculpture.
FORMS OF ADAPTATION offers a critical view of the design and arts and crafts during the Nazi regime, including its key figures, phenomena, and conditions. It points to the complexity and ambivalence of this era and shows the reciprocal relationships between politics, arts, and society.
For the first time in the German-speaking world, the exhibition shows the range of applied arts from a Latin American perspective. The focus here is on the diversity of materials and techniques, as well as the social and political aspects of traditional and contemporary arts and crafts in Latin America.
