29.10. –– 31.10.2021 13.11.2021 –– 0 9.10.2022 25.11.2021 –– 0 3.04.2022 25.11.2021 –– 0 3.04.2022 FOYER EXHIBITIONS 21.10.2020–—21.03.2021 Gold Container. Service Ulla and Martin Kaufmann After the relaunch of the Grassimesse in 1997, at every exhibition held GRASSIMESSE Leipzig FRAGILE SPLENDOUR Totally Analog GLASS STONES Until 29.03.2020 TABLEWARE FOR EMPRESS JOSÉPHINE since, the artist couple Ulla and Martin Kaufmann have been chosen to GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts Collection Prof. Günther Sterba be exhibitors by the jury. In their jewelry workshop in Hildesheim, they Johannisplatz 5–11 / 04103 Leipzig International Trade Fair Porcelain from Baroque Photography Today Kai Schiemenz Joséphine, the Empress of the French, was not merely an enthusiast of produce their famous chipped gold collars, as well as silver »pots«, Tel.: +49 (0)341 / 22 29 100 / Fax: +49 (0)341 / 22 29 200 for Applied Arts and Design to Classicism botany; she was a scien-tifically trained, well-versed botanist.I n October of which are inspired by the art of contemporary large-scale sculpture and [email protected] / www.grassimak.de 1806, Emperor Napoleon, her husband, marched into Berlin. Presumably, architecture. In recent years, they have created a series of gilded Opening HOURS Guided tours containers. These cubic vessels have movable lids in different shapes GrassI at his request, the Royal Porcelain Factory Berlin designed a botany-themed MUSEUM: Tuesday – Sunday, Special tours in English, French dessert service for the French Empress. In July 1807, the service was finally that lend the surfaces mysterious light accents and shadows. 10am – 6 pm, closed on Mondays and Russian are possible after delivered to Malmaison, the empress’s castle. The mirrors of the plates and December 24th and 31st advance registration at are decorated with detailed graphical models depicting individual plants and 29.03.2021–—10.10.2021 CLAY POETRY: exhibitions Free admission every first www.grassimak.de/en The museum owns an outstanding collection of 18th and The excitement for analog photo- Kai Schiemenz the flags are adorned with leaf wreaths in sepia or gold paint. Thanks to Mária GESZLER GARZULY Wednesday of the month. or by calling +49 (0)341 / 2229100. 19th century porcelain from the Baroque, Rococo and Classicist graphy is currently experiencing a Green, Yellow, the donation of 36 plates by Professor Sterba, the museum now owns the The ceramicist Mária Geszler Garzuly (*1941) comes from a Hungarian Blue, Collage of Library: Wednesday and largest collection of plates from this rare service. family of musicians. The internationally successful artist, who has family periods. We will present tableware as well as figures crafted comeback. While digital photogra- glass sculptures Thursday, 10am – 6 pm Rental ties in Leipzig, enjoys using art, language, and music as motifs of her work. by some of the most prominent porcelain makers. Highlight of phy has almost completely taken The museum rents out rooms and On the occasion of her 80th birthday, the museum will show pieces from the exhibition is porcelain produced by the Meissen porcelain over the field of the documentary Admission fees foyers, inner yards and gardens with 8 months, 3 weeks, 5 days IX its own collection as well as objects the artist has donated to the museum. Free up to 18 years, adults 8 € manufactory – the oldest porcelain manufactory in Europe. and everyday life, analog photo- a unique ambience for receptions, georgia Krawiec, Long-exposure (reduced fee 5.50 € or 4 €) meetings, workshops, private parties, In addition, porcelain from the Thuringian manufactories of photogram on silver gelatine graphy is increasingly used as a 15.11.2021–—27.03.2022 Fürstenberg China Factory: paper, unique, 2019 Groups of eight people or etc. For information, see Gera, Gotha, Limbach, Kloster Veilsdorf, Volkstedt and medium for the artistic and New Designs more 6 € per person www.grassimak.de/en/visit/service Wallendorf will also be on display. experimental. The spectrum of contemporary analog photogra- Since its beginnings, the Fürstenberg China Factory (founded in 1747) Evening-Ticket (valid from Contact +49 (0)341 / 2 29 242 for has been collaborating with well-known artists and designers. The exhibition showcases select pieces phy is enormous and ranges from camera-less photography 5 p.m.) 4 € requests The collection, a generous gift from the company, presents a selection Tickets are valid for all special from the museum’s own collection, (e.g. photograms or cyanotypes) to instant cameras, the use of of current designs: including sketches by Sieger-Design, the Viennese exhibitions and the three-part MUSEUM CAFÈ Kettle including pieces gifted to the old photographic techniques such as ambrotype and analog- design studio EOOS, Alfredo Häberli and Stefan Herkner. permanent exhibition. Weekly menu and lunch, a large probably Germany, museum in recent years. digital »hybrids«. This special exhibition aims at presenting about 1915–1920, Free admission every first selection of cake and Italian coffee, Three days of greatest In 2015, the museum acquired a this spectrum by means of pictures, photo series, and unique copper, synthetic Wednesday of the month. terrace open in summer. designs and exquisite 330-piece collection of precious works. substance, gift of Library: Free use The café’s hours correspond to those handicrafts on two floors! the collection of the museum. Contact early Meissen porcelain with of Giorgio Silzer The GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts is member of the Konferenz Annual TICKETS +49 (0)341 / 22 29 320 for Nationaler Kultureinrichtungen (KNK). Hoeroldt paintings. Four GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts rent requests www.cafeimgrassi.de In 2021, our aim is to continue to set thematic and geogra- years later, the museum PHOTOBOOKS 30 € (reduced fee 21 € and 15 € phical emphases. This will help us showcase the diversity received a collection of 36 The museum presents an installation of glass sculptures by 08.04.2020–—04.10.2020 Art Nouveau and Art Deco respectively) Museum shop among our international exhibitors. The high standards of the plates from the Royal China Art Page by Page Kai Schiemenz (*1966) in its scenic, light-flooded Orangerie. from the Silzer Collection Annual ticket for municipal Books, accessories, home design, museums 80 € (reduced fee 55 € jewellery, postcards, posters exhibitors and the international atmosphere will set the tone Manufactory Berlin painted It is impossible to imagine a history of photography without The works of the Berlin-based artist are reminiscent of stones The first violinist of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Giorgio Silzer (1920–2014), who was an ardent music lover, also collected objects of Art Nouveau and At the moment, the entire lighting system in the permanent exhibitions and 44 € respectively). Opening hours: Tuesday – Friday am pm and attract design and art enthusiasts from the region and with exceptional detail, the photobook: this contemporary but still undervalued art or crystals and thus of the origin of the material glass. The Art Deco with great commitment and enthusiasm. He was especially of the museum is converted to LED. This process takes place step by step This ticket applies to the 11 – 6 , closed on Mondays and th st all over the world. As usual, the fair will focus on high-quality which is part of a dessert form has had a significant impact on the way we look at, artist describes his work as the place »where the invisible fascinated by the great range of the different artistic forms of expression and will take several years. This measure was promoted by the Federal GRASSI Museum for Applied Arts, December 24 and 31 , Saturday, am pm applied art and design in areas such as jewellery, ceramics, service commissioned for consume and approach photography. In our times, in which and the imagination meet and this seductive gleam begins«. of these two eventful epochs. He collected glass, ceramics and metal, Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety, based the MdbK and the Museum of Sunday and holidays 10 – 6 glass, metal, and furniture. Over the course of three days, Empress Joséphine of France. the existence of books seems threatened by the digital, the The historic and elaborate technique of Bohemian glass- furniture and textiles, occasionally also graphics and paintings. His main on a resolution of the German Bundestag. the City of Leipzig. Contact +49 (0)341 / 33 73 396

criterion for the collection was that designs had to have a unique signature ­ — 2021 visitors will have the opportunity to view and learn more photo book is experiencing a boom. The interplay between making lends the glass sculptures by Kai Schiemenz a special / grassimak Orpheus with Lyra and Hellhound that stood out from the mostly anonymous mass-products. With his about the exhibits, enjoy good conversations and buy art. Porcelain Manufactory Ludwigsburg, photography, material, binding, form, and format offers and rare materiality. The traces of this process become refined sense of aesthetics and knack for spotting quality-designs, he www.grassimesse.de/en around 1770 endless possibilities for experiments and is perceived and visible on the glass surfaces of his objects and tell us accumulated one of the most extensive private collections of its kind, from cover photo: Vase, Giulio Radi/Arte Vetreria Muranese, 1951, Glass, overlay, Model: gold foil, murrine, Collection Lutz Holz Johann Christian Wilhelm Beyer appreciated not only by the photographers themselves, but something about their creation. The ever-changing incidence which almost 3,000 objects have been donated to the GRASSI Museum photos: Martin Adam, Udo W. Beier, Otto Felber, Matthias Hildebrandt, Porcelain, polychrome onglaze also by the public as an independent artistic medium. The of light in the museum’s Orangerie gives each viewer a of Applied Arts in 2002. A small part is permanently on display in the 2020 — Esther Hoyer, georgia Krawiec, Alexander Laurenzo, Philotheus Nisch, and gold paint permanent exhibition. On the occasion of Giorgio Silzer’s 100th birthday, exhibition presents a selection of national and international different perspective on the art objects with their changing The museum offers a plethora of events for children, teens and Christoph Sandig Donation Heribert Meurer, we will present these hidden treasures from his unique collection. Stuttgart, 2018 photobooks of the last decades. deep colours and nuances. families. It has been certified as a family-friendly free-time facility. Design: Oberberg .Seyde, Lurette Seyde printed by: Löhnert-Druck UNTIL 29.03.2020 UNTIL 11.10.2020 29.04.2020–– 27.09.2020 23.10. –– 25.10.2020 07.11.2020 –– 15.08.2021 26.11.2020 –– 09.05.2021 10.06.2021 –– 03.10.2021 10.06.2021 –– 0 3.10.2021 HISTORY IN FASHION PEAKS of Art DEco 6UL GRASSIMESSE Leipzig MURANO ADVERTISING! CULTURAL AFFAIRS Chairs 1500 Years of Embroidery PORCELAIN IN THE Lust and Desire International Trade Fair Colour Light Fire Seduction in Tin Art without Borders Just for Children! in Fashion JAGGED STYLE in Art and Design for Applied Arts and Design

Including extensive catalog, 232 pages, Sandtein-Verlag, Extravagant shapes, surprising ornaments and an impressive Lust and passion are two of Grassimesse 2020 presents a colourful group of international Murano is the embodiment of Italian glass design par Caption Since the beginning of civilization, the exchange between With a shift in the role German/English array of colors are distinguishing features of the products humanity’s strongest emotions. exhibitors, which will be selected by our annually changing excellence. The tradition goes back to the 14th century when Nettel Camera cultures has had an impact on the arts, crafts, and design. that children play in For Contessa-Nettel AG manufactured by porcelain makers of the 1920s and 1930s. The energy they exude is jury of experts. Lithuania will be the guest country this Venice relocated its famous glass production to the neighbou- in Stuttgart, Germany Globalisation is not merely characteristic of our time – society, the appearance The function of the jars, vases, place settings and tableware elementary. They determine our year and present itself with contemporary design. As always, ring island. After some eventful decades, the island glass Design: Atelier Leroi, centuries ago humans, but also art objects crossed national of seating furniture for c. 1920 from this era lies somewhere between decoration and daily sexual orientation, shape our the fair will centre around high quality and extraordinary production experienced a new heyday in the 20th century, Execution: Frankfurter borders and continents and found »new homes«. In these young ones has also Boots »Flora’s Present« use. The plenitude of perforation designs with their acute- fantasies and desires. This has ideas in areas such as jewellery, ceramics, metal, fashion which began at the end of the 1920s and continues to Emaillierwerke new lands, people encountered a different way of understan- changed. The majority Italy, Germany, 2017 Raised, stenciled, Embroidery in silk on angled, striking features has also left its mark on the interior always been reflected in the and accessories, furniture, glass, paper, and toys. The annual fascinate to this day. Works of the highest artistic standard poured, handpainted ding, oftentimes they were even confronted with misunder- of children’s chairs textile surface design of the Grassimuseums Pfeilerhalle. The exhibition world of art, fashion and design. Grassimesse is regarded to be a melting pot for creatives, have been created in the numerous workshops of the lagoon Sonia and standing. Works of art, their shapes, decors and the have been designed Gert Wunderlich features a diverse variety of over 400 objects produced The exhibition picks up on the artists and those interested in design and offers three city. Precious glass in all its facets – fine net patterns, solid Collection techniques used to craft them were and are subject to as smaller versions by small as well as large ceramics manufacturers such as diversity of sexual themes with days of inspiration, knowledge about trends in the applied vessel objects with polished surfaces – inspire collectors transformation. of adult models. Rosenthal, Hutschenreuther and Jaeger & Co. A love for detail interdisciplinary works by arts, and the opportunity to acquire the best design and and lovers alike. The exhibition, which showcases pieces from During the 19th century, and imagination is visible in these high-quality hand-painted internationally renowned artists, handicrafts. the Lutz Holz collection, focuses on manufacturers such as however, in the course The exhibition presents the diverse and fascinating art tech- works. The pieces in this exhibition have kindly been provided primarily from the last 30 years. www.grassimesse.de/en Barovier & Toso as well as Venini and Seguso, who not only of industrialisation and nique of embroidery using examples from over 1500 years. by three private collectors from Hamburg. Though the It also poses the question of realised their own designs, but also sketches by other with the increase of the Child’s Chair Many of the 130 historical objects on display are from the collections of Gisela Krause-Ausborn, Gerhard Ausborn and how current societal discourse renowned glass designers. The turn of the century marked the beginning of a boom in importance of pedagogy, Design: Beate und Gerhard Bär / Hartmut Knell, 1996 museum’s relatively unknown textile collection and will be Prof. Dr. Peter W. Schatt each have a different focus, they on biological and social gender Daniel Kruger the mass production of enamel advertising signs, which the children’s chair Production: Bär & Knell Design, presented to the public for the first time.I n addition, examples complement each other perfectly and give an extraordinary roles, power structures, and necklace, Berlin, 2016, silver, reflected the rapid growth of the consumer world. Quickly, established itself as an Bad Wimpfen shaped and assembled plastic, recycled of current fashion and innovative works by (textile) artists overview of the extravagant craft of Art Deco porcelain. sexual violence finds its way enamel signs took over the cities and there was word on the independent genre of design. Collection of Gisela Neuwald and young talents from the textile design department at into works of art. street of a so-called »tin plague«. The exhibition is focused Designers have increasingly Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle will be on display. The four major chapters of the showcase are entitled »Lust on the private collection of the Leipzig typographers Gert and been striving to design chairs that are ideally suited for Throughout the exhibition, works from the Coptic age and and Passion«, »Transformation and Diversity«, »Power and Sonia Wunderlich and reflects the golden age of this special Cornelia Rohne children, and the number of models on the market has been medieval times, rich embroideries from the Baroque and Abuse«, and »Eros and the Finite«. In conjunction with 6UL, type of advertising. In addition, we will present images of Teapot, 1978, growing steadily ever since. Ideally, good design and a certain Leipzig, silver, 19th century and contemporary pieces are juxtaposed in six visitors can experience the walk-in installation »Manolito« vending machines, promotional items and advertising graphics ivory, nephrite fun factor go hand in hand. We will present some of the first thematic groups. Traditional craftsmanship and the utilisation by the Leipzig artist duo Günther Meyer (Uwe Karsten to set thematic accents. high chair models by the internationally renowned Thonet of certain materials as well as digital techniques and new Günther and Clemens Meyer); a work in progress in which The voices of contemporary advertising representatives, as company, which was a pioneer in the field of children’s

materials will be another focus. At the same time, the exhibi- Box stereotypes, irony and neo-Dadaism meet. Vase well as artists who have written advertising history, will set This multilateral strangeness can inspire or lead to artistic furniture. In addition, we will showcase iconic designs from tion touches upon many current topics: The fast-paced nature Porzellan Manufaktur, Design: Ercole Barovier, the tone of the exhibition. Ludwig Hohlwein, Lucian Bernhard debate, which in turn can lead to free complementation, the Bauhaus era – colourful children’s chairs and innovative Schaubach-Kunst, 1935/36 of fashion and the technical development of materials, as well about 1930–1932, Exhibition with a lot Produced by: or Hans Lindenstaedt had a knack for highlighting advertised reinterpretation, and reframing. plastic seating objects from the 1960s and 1970s. Today, as gender, globalisation and sustainability. The exhibition Porcelain, handpainted, of special events Ferro Toso Barovier goods trenchantly, and showcasing them visually, using only a The historical, modern, and contemporary exhibits will show more than ever, there is a plentitude of furniture pieces that travels through periods of cultural history and sheds light on gold decor Glass, hand-blown; few powerful words or taglines. Then as now, advertising has that in the last centuries, just as in today’s increasingly make »sitting still« easy for children. Collection of Professor metal oxides, adorned the history of the museum’s collection. Dr. Peter W. Schatt Collection Lutz Holz been a complex strategy to reach the consumer. Oftentimes connected world, art and design are inconceivable without All pieces exhibited have been selected from the Gisela it can even be a motor for new aesthetic impulses. transcultural encounters. Neuwald Collection.