The Caricatura Museum, official name Caricatura Museum für Komische Kunst, is a museum for comic art in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It shows a in a permanent exhibition works by the artists of the Neue Frankfurter Schule, and additionally exhibitions of contemporary artists.
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History edit
In 2000, a group called Caricatura of the Historical Museum, Frankfurt, began to prepare a museum for comic art in Frankfurt. The Caricatura Museum was opened on 1 October 2008 in the Leinwandhaus in the Altstadt. The permanent exhibition shows works by F. W. Bernstein, Robert Gernhardt, Chlodwig Poth, Hans Traxler and F. K. Waechter, including literary works and films. It is complemented by readings, book presentations and other events.
The trade mark of the museum is a bronze sculpture in front of the building by Hans Traxler. The Elch sculpture carries the names of the eight most important representatives of the Neue Frankfurter Schule, and a two-line poem by F. W. Bernstein, "Die schärfsten Kritiker der Elche / waren früher selber welche" ("The harshest critics of the moose / used themselves to be some").[1]
Temporary exhibitions edit
- 2018 Otto Waalkes[2]
- 2023–2024 Loriot[3]
Museumsufer edit
Caricatura Museum is part of the Museumsufer.
Museums of the Museumsufer, Frankfurt am Main
South Bank
North Bank
External
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Kunst im Öffentlichen Raum Frankfurt. Die Elchskulptur auf der Website". Stadt Frankfurt am Main :: Der Magistrat :: Kulturamt Frankfurt am Main :: Fachbereich Bildende Kunst. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Otto – Die Ausstellung". Caricatura Museum Frankfurt (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Caricatura Frankfurt feiert 100 Jahre Loriot: Unbekannte Werke in Ausstellung". hessenschau.de (in German). 9 November 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
External links edit
- Official website
- "Caricatura Museum Frankfurt – Museum for Comical Art". Museumsufer Frankfurt. Retrieved 21 December 2022.