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Participating artists:
Ulrich Thaler

Venue:
HGB, Raum 2.41
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig

Partner:
Support-Büro


As part of the lecture series "Art & Profession" we talk with:

Ulrich Thaler, co-owner of the gallery THALER Orginalgrafik, Leipzig.

Thaler Originalgrafik is a gallery for contemporary prints and works on paper. It is a platform for contemporary original prints. Here interested people can get an overview of the graphic work of Leipzig artists. Thaler works closely with the galleries, artists and print workshops located here. The range on offer covers the entire spectrum of original printing techniques such as linocut, lithography, etching and screen printing. Works by established artists and young positions are on display. In cooperation with the Leipzig publishing house Lubok Verlag, Thaler also presents its entire original graphic publishing program.

How and why does one become a gallery owner? How do you find your focus, how do you find the artists you want to work with? What economic (or even political) challenges await? How do you balance profitability with artistic quality? How do you find collectors, (how) can you bind them permanently to the gallery? Following a short talk by Ulrich Thaler about his gallery THALER Originalgrafik and his understanding of successful gallery work, we will have time to talk with him about his work, these questions, and the relationship between gallerist/culture/art market and artists*.



The event is open to all students and is part of the series Art as a Profession - Professions in Art. (Cornelia Renz, Julia Brodauf) On the coming Wednesday evenings, we will continue to follow the trail in conversations with other players who sometimes even seem like opponents to us artists: Gallery owners, curators, museum directors, journalists, critics, but also political institutions. They all want to exist in this field, earn money with art, and they help shape and define the art field. Let's get to know them!

Cf. course catalog https://www.hgb-leipzig.de/studium/vorlesungsverzeichnis/521