A joint meeting at the HGB in December marked the start of the "gespiegelt" exhibition project, which will be travelling through Germany in 2026. Dr Gunda Luyken, Director of the Museum für Druckkunst Leipzig, was also a guest at the HGB for the project launch: the Museum für Druckkunst will host the exhibition as the first stop in June. This will be followed by the gallery of the Braunschweig University of Art, the Alte Feuerwache in Berlin and the Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg. All exact exhibition dates will be published soon on the HGB website.
Maria Ondrej (artistic assistant and head of the etching workshop at the Braunschweig University of Art), Robert Schmiedel (lecturer and workshop manager for etching at the HGB Leipzig) and Pedro Boese (lecturer and workshop manager for intaglio printing at the weißensee kunsthochschule berlin) have developed the concept for the joint travelling exhibition:
The cooperation and the planned exhibitions aim to cast a shadow on the current and future handling of various intaglio printing techniques and to promote their development potential. The co-operation is intended to create a platform for exchange in order to deepen similarities, work out differences, discuss, learn from and inspire each other. Teaching and teaching concepts of the three universities can thus be complemented and improved.
The project also represents an important contribution to safeguarding the vitality and viability of gravure printing as an intangible cultural heritage.
The following are involved in the exhibitions:
Johanna Sander, Friedrich Drescher, Miriam Jehle, Anali Vakili, Else Kosch, Abduallah al Hajali, Albin Flieder, Victor Stinglhamber, Leon Friederichs, Gisou Rosenthal, Robert Schmiedel (workshop manager) from the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
Claudia Bartholomäus, Wiebke Fischer, Sabrina Winnecke, Nele Tara Laufer, Jakob Dirkes, Emily Eisenbarth, Lukas Gerbaulet, Kayen Marike Eggeling, Lilith Queisser, Kristian Aggerholm Bruun, Maria Ondrej (artistic assistant and workshop manager) from the Braunschweig University of Fine Arts
Eileen Helm, Gema Gubianas, Marieke Herbst, Hippolyte Moulon, Obaidah Zorik, Johannes Krenn, Almut Buchwald, Matthildur Valfells, Pedro Boese (workshop leader) from the weißensee academy of art berlin